A transparent fish-out-of-water romantic comedy by A Danish director which won't work with an American audience.
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05/26/09
New in Town (2009)
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Reviews Counted: 134
Fresh: 24
Rotten:110
Average Rating: 3.7/10
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.
Theatrical Release:Jan 30, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $16,699,684
Synopsis: Renee Zellweger stars opposite Harry Connick Jr. in this snow-packed romantic comedy. NEW IN TOWN begins in Miami, home to Lucy Hill (Zellweger), a single, high-powered executive on the fast track... [More]
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Harry Connick, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, J.K. Simmons
Director: Jonas Elmer
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04/23/09
It pains me to admit, and I may be distinctly in the minority here, but I really liked this film.
04/02/09
This fish-out-of-water romantic comedy offers nothing new and sticks to a comfortingly predictable formula.
03/20/09
Most of the time [Zellweger] looks uncomfortable in the role -- as in, what am I doing in this hammy, undercooked movie?
03/06/09
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03/06/09
The film starts off as a tedious, lifeless ordeal and it stays that way with a vengeance.
03/06/09
This is a dopey piece of work, slack, derivative, sentimental.
03/06/09
Jokes fall flat, the story goes limp and Zellweger will no doubt want to forget she was ever New in Town.
03/04/09
Predictable and uninspired, it is one more example of the dumb comedies that Hollywood is churning out at an alarming rate.
03/03/09
A shockingly banal script lends the movie a generic awfulness; you wish Zellweger were in better hands.
02/27/09
There are precious few laughs to be found in this tale.
02/27/09
Renée Zellweger's rabbity, dimply pout - surely the strangest facial expression in Hollywood - simpers and twitches out of the screen in this moderate girly flick that adheres with almost religious fanaticism to the feelgood romcom handbook.
02/27/09
The most shocking thing about New In Town is the sheer lack of care that seems to have gone into it. It's as if a terrible TV script has been pulled out of a dusty drawer and padded out into a movie.
02/27/09
must have paid Zellweger a lot of money. Romcom fans should save theirs for repeat outings to He's Just Not That Into You.
02/27/09
Handed a role that will amuse nobody but her bank manager, Zellweger displays an infectious lack of enthusiasm, convincing only in capturing the look of someone who wishes they would rather be anywhere else. It’s easy to sympathise.
02/27/09
Recalling the shmaltziest bits of similar city-slicker-meetsbumpkin romcoms like Doc Hollywood and Sweet Home Alabama, New In Town is pure Valentine’s Day drivel.
02/27/09
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02/27/09
The screenplay is credited to Kenneth Rance and C. Jay Cox, but it's so shockingly inept, it might have been churned out by some cheap screenwriting software.
02/27/09
There is the expected smattering of slapstick moments and Connick Jr delivers the requisite outdoorman charm to show Renee just how cool the cold can be.
02/27/09
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