New in Town

"She's an executive on the move. But her career is taking her a little farther than she expected."

2009 1h 37m EN

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5.8

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28%

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METACRITIC

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5.7

IMDB

★5.8TMDB · 526🥫28%Rotten Tomatoes●29Metacritic★5.7IMDB · 26,259

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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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.

“She's an executive on the move. But her career is taking her a little farther than she expected.”

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Cast

Renée Zellweger
Lucy Hill
Harry Connick Jr.
Ted Mitchell
J.K. Simmons
Stu Kopenhafer
Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Blanche Gunderson
Mike O'Brien
Lars Ulstead
Frances Conroy
Trudy Van Uuden
Ferron Guerreiro
Bobbie Mitchell
Barbara James Smith
Joan

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jonas Elmer
Writers: Ken Rance, C. Jay Cox
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 3.6× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jonas Elmer, shot by Chris Seager. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Swihart. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Troy Takaki shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Renée Zellweger and Harry Connick Jr. and J.K. Simmons carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "She's an executive on the move. But her career is taking her a little farther than she expected.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jonas Elmer directs. Chris Seager behind the camera. John Swihart scores. Troy Takaki cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 3.6× over at the box office.
2Released 17 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
4Directed by Jonas Elmer, shot by Chris Seager. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by John Swihart. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Troy Takaki shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Renée Zellweger and Harry Connick Jr. and J.K. Simmons carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "She's an executive on the move. But her career is taking her a little farther than she expected.".
9IMDB entry: tt1095174 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 27 themes, including "small town", "miami, florida", "winter", "minnesota".

The technical file

Cinematography: Chris Seager
Original score: John Swihart
Editing: Troy Takaki
Production design: Dan Davis
Makeup / hair: Doug Morrow
Stunt coordinator: Jodi Stecyk
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $8,000,000
Box office: $29,010,817
Return: 363% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: New in Town (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes: 28% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 29/100
IMDB rating: 5.7/10 · 26,259 votes
MPAA: PG

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Peter McGinn2023-03-13
★ 5/10
I have watched several romantic comedies lately to clear them from my Netflix watch list. As I have said many times in my reviews, I like them because the wit, humor and yes romance, is something I strive to put into the novels I write. So I tend to rate rom-coms more gently than some genres that have different goals. Having said all that, this is the only romantic comedy that has really disappointed me lately. Partly it is due to the utter stereotyping of the Minnesota way of speaking, even more extreme than Fargo had been. Plus the rather crass shoehorning of religion into the plot. Hey, I am an atheist, but the faith of one of the characters seemed to be a rather shallow way of providing - well I won’t say back story - just details about her I guess. But mostly I felt let down by the writing. Makes sense I suppose as I dabble in writing myself. The effort seemed lazy in a way. The plot features a smooth, ambitious corporate city slicker coming to a backwater town to close a local plant or at least reduce the work force. Gee, we haven’t seen that before, have we? It is right up there with the chestnut of a local group putting on a play to raise money to save their beloved theater about to be torn down. There also didn’t seem to be much chemistry between some of the characters, which sometimes can save a movie for me. And the ending, which I won’t describe, was dropped on us viewers by the time-honored method of a deus ex machine, a gift from the gods unsupported by plot lead-up after Lucy Hill disappeared from the story. It is a wonder I am writing this at all, because I don’t write reviews of movies I don’t finish watching. A brief “I gave up after ten minutes — don’t bother!” Isn’t a review; it is letting off steam. Just rate it and don’t write a review, guys. But I stuck with this (though I admittedly was multi-tasking as I did so) because I really like Renée Zellweger. I still do, obviously, but maybe she should have left this role to a lesser actress. “Judy” this ain’t. There are funny bits and they all try, so maybe watch it with a group of friends and keep it on the back burner of your attention.

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