New in Town

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New in Town

PG,

2009,

1h 36m,

Romance/

Comedy

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27%

161 Reviews

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37%

100,000+ Ratings

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27%

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161 Reviews

37%

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100,000+ Ratings

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.).

Critics Consensus

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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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Mar 6, 2009

2.5/5

Most of the time [Zellweger] looks uncomfortable in the role -- as in, what am I doing in this hammy, undercooked movie?

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Edward Porter

The Times (UK)

Mar 6, 2009

1/5

The film starts off as a tedious, lifeless ordeal and it stays that way with a vengeance.

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Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out

Feb 27, 2009

1/6

A shockingly banal script lends the movie a generic awfulness; you wish Zellweger were in better hands.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Nov 29, 2020

2/10

Nothing here is original or even mildly amusing.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 18, 2020

1.0/4.0

It's not romantic. It's not funny. It's not entertaining.

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

Sep 11, 2020

1/5

Should have been called Old in Seconds.

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Rey G

Jul 31, 2018

its not that bad and its cute

Harry L

Mar 26, 2018

Unfunny, tone deaf and condescending crap.

Albus L

Apr 6, 2017

Remind me not to watch another movie set in Minnesota...the horrible accents! The acting wasn't great, either. Nor the plot...I really liked nothing about this movie.

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Han L

Jan 4, 2017

Funny, great chemistry, endearing story. Very underrated!

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Jonas Elmer

Director

Renée Zellweger

Lucy Hill

Harry Connick Jr.

Ted Mitchell

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Blanche Gunderson

J.K. Simmons

Stu Kopenhafer

Mike O'Brien

Lars Ulstead

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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: Epidemic Films, Safran Company, Edmonds Entertainment
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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