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New in Town

Play trailer Poster for New in Town PG Released Jan 30, 2009 1h 36m Romance Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Lucy Hill (Renée Zellweger), an ambitious executive, lives the high life in Miami. She loves climbing the corporate ladder as well as all the material goods that her success can buy. When she is offered a temporary assignment to restructure a factory in a backwater town, she eagerly accepts and anticipates a huge promotion in the pipeline. However, what Lucy gets is a life-changing experience and romance with the man of her dreams (Harry Connick Jr.).
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Cliched and short on charm, New In Town is a pat genre exercise that fails to bring the necessary heat to its Minnesota setting.

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Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: B Feb 14, 2012 Full Review Empire Magazine Rated: 4/5 Sep 24, 2010 Full Review Daily Telegraph (UK) Rated: 3/5 Sep 24, 2010 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Nothing here is original or even mildly amusing. Rated: 2/10 Nov 29, 2020 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com It's not romantic. It's not funny. It's not entertaining. Rated: 1.0/4.0 Sep 18, 2020 Full Review Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) Should have been called Old in Seconds. Rated: 1/5 Sep 11, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Test T I watched this on DVD recently. This could have been a rather dull story about the turnaround of a rundown factory, if it wasn't for the Minnesota setting and the quirky characters there, which reminded me of the Fargo movie. Renee Zellwegger plays Lucy, but I thought she struggled in this role which did not seem suite her. I liked the country music soundtrack, and I found the Minnesota scenery interesting. It's not a particularly bad movie, and it's pleasant enough to watch, but it's missing something unique and special to make it stand out. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/05/24 Full Review Dizzy D I can be a cynical curmudgeon when it comes to romantic comedies, but this one is great. Familiar plot, but with very original writing, fine acting and humor. People who don't like New in Town don't like fun. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/27/24 Full Review Colin M Weak comedy about a business executive sent to sort out a food manufacturing plant. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/24 Full Review donnie m i LOVE any movie with Renée Zellweger-she doesn't 'act'....she becomes the character like no one else can and we need more family movies like this-makes you smile...get 'good chills' and takes me back to growing up in the 50's and 60's as in 'family' as it should be Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/17/23 Full Review Becky O I loved it! laughed so hard it was very uplifting and funny!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/13/23 Full Review Cynthia G Oh Renée how could you let them do this to you? Supposedly an up and coming exec, she heads to Minnesota without doing anything an intelligent person would do. She looks and acts like a buffoon. The other characters are overacting stereotypes with no charm. I had to turn it off about a third of the way thru as it was too embarrassing to watch. Totally cringeworthy! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Lucy Hill (Renée Zellweger), an ambitious executive, lives the high life in Miami. She loves climbing the corporate ladder as well as all the material goods that her success can buy. When she is offered a temporary assignment to restructure a factory in a backwater town, she eagerly accepts and anticipates a huge promotion in the pipeline. However, what Lucy gets is a life-changing experience and romance with the man of her dreams (Harry Connick Jr.).
Director
Jonas Elmer
Producer
Paul Brooks, Darryl Taja, Tracey Edmonds, Peter Safran
Screenwriter
Kenneth Rance, C. Jay Cox
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Safran Company, Edmonds Entertainment, Epidemic Films
Rating
PG (Some Suggestive Material|Language)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 30, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 4, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$16.7M
Runtime
1h 36m
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