Synopsis
Lucy Hill is an ambitious up-and-coming executive living in Miami. She loves her shoes, her cars, and climbing the corporate ladder. When she is offered a temporary assignment — in the middle of nowhere — to restructure a manufacturing plant, she jumps at the opportunity, knowing that a big promotion is close at hand. What begins as a straightforward assignment becomes a life-changing experience as Lucy discovers greater meaning in her life and, most unexpectedly, the man of her dreams.
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Cast
- Renée ZellwegerLucy Hill
- Harry Connick Jr.Ted Mitchell
- J.K. SimmonsStu Kopenhafer
- Siobhan Fallon HoganBlanche Gunderson
- Mike O'BrienLars Ulstead
- Frances ConroyTrudy Van Uuden
- Ferron GuerreiroBobbie Mitchell
- Barbara James SmithJoan
- James DurhamRob Deitmar
- Robert SmallDonald Arling
Recommendations
- 75
Entertainment Weekly
A gentle, traditional (like, from the last century) romantic comedy. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
Do you like this sort of rom-com? It's a fair example of its type, not good, but competent. - 50
Chicago Tribune
New in Town is "The Pajama Game" without the songs, the laughs or the bare-knuckled realism. - 50
The A.V. Club
New In Town grinds its plucky protagonist through a predictable arc from dispassionate big-city ice queen to redeemed small-town tenderheart. - 50
Boston Globe
You've seen New in Town before, and you've seen it done better. Still, it's a sweet-hearted bit of anemia, pleasant and obvious, and there are a few honest laughs to it. - 40
Village Voice
The movie wrong-foots Zellweger from the start. She's not enough the ice queen, like Sigourney Weaver in "Working Girl," for us to accept her transition into adorable Melanie Griffith. - 38
ReelViews
The movie has little to recommend it and more than a few things to encourage those who pursue quality cinema to stay away. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
Strictly old hat -- and a poorly assembled hat at that.
