New in Town (2009)

PG01/30/2009Comedy, Romance1h 37m
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She's an executive on the move. But her career is taking her a little farther than she expected.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Renée Zellweger

    Lucy Hill

  2. Cast 1

    Harry Connick Jr.

    Ted Mitchell

  3. Cast 1

    J.K. Simmons

    Stu Kopenhafer

  4. Cast 1

    Siobhan Fallon Hogan

    Blanche Gunderson

  5. Mike O'Brien

    Lars Ulstead

  6. Cast 1

    Frances Conroy

    Trudy Van Uuden

  7. Ferron Guerreiro

    Bobbie Mitchell

  8. Barbara James Smith

    Joan

  9. James Durham

    Rob Deitmar

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,...