MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Up 675 this week

New in Town (2009)

5.4
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 5.4/10 from 12,323 users   Metascore: 29/100
Reviews: 65 user | 119 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com

A Miami businesswoman adjusts to her new life in a tiny Minnesota town.

Director:

Writers:

,
Watch Trailer
0Check in
0Share...

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 10000 titles created 2 months ago
 
a list of 3627 titles created 1 month ago
 
a list of 64 titles created 18 Apr 2012
 
a list of 1375 titles created 30 Dec 2011
 
a list of 42 titles created 7 months ago
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: New in Town (2009)

New in Town (2009) on IMDb 5.4/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of New in Town.

Videos

Photos

Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.4/10 X  

When talk radio host Emma Lloyd advises one of her listeners to break up with her boyfriend, the jilted ex sets about getting his revenge.

Director: Griffin Dunne
Stars: Uma Thurman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Colin Firth
Leap Year (2010)
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.2/10 X  

Anna Brady plans to travel to Dublin, Ireland to propose to her boyfriend Jeremy on February 29, leap day, because, according to Irish tradition, a man who receives a marriage proposal on a leap day must accept it.

Director: Anand Tucker
Stars: Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.6/10 X  

A guy in love with an engaged woman tries to win her over after she asks him to be her maid of honor.

Director: Paul Weiland
Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd
27 Dresses (2008)
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6/10 X  

After serving as a bridesmaid 27 times, a young woman wrestles with the idea of standing by her sister's side as her sibling marries the man she's secretly in love with.

Director: Anne Fletcher
Stars: Brian Kerwin, Katherine Heigl, James Marsden
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.5/10 X  

A thirtysomething slacker suspects his parents of setting him up with his dream girl so he'll finally vacate their home.

Director: Tom Dey
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Terry Bradshaw
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.8/10 X  

A lawyer decides that she's used too much like a nanny by her boss, so she walks out on him.

Director: Marc Lawrence
Stars: Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Alicia Witt
The Holiday (2006)
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X  

Two women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.

Director: Nancy Meyers
Stars: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.4/10 X  

A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Luketic
Stars: Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Bree Turner
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6/10 X  

A man and a woman are compelled, for legal reasons, to live life as a couple for a limited period of time. At stake is a large amount of money.

Director: Tom Vaughan
Stars: Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.7/10 X  

After finding love, Bridget Jones questions if she really has everything she's dreamed of having.

Director: Beeban Kidron
Stars: Renée Zellweger, Gemma Jones, Colin Firth
Hitch I (2005)
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.6/10 X  

While helping his latest client woo the fine lady of his dreams, a professional "date doctor" finds that his game doesn't quite work on the gossip columnist with whom he's smitten.

Director: Andy Tennant
Stars: Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4.9/10 X  

A romantic comedy centered on a woman who conceives twins through artificial insemination, only to meet the man of her dreams on the very same day.

Director: Alan Poul
Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin, Michaela Watkins
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
...
...
Blanche Gunderson (as Siobhan Fallon Hogan)
...
...
...
Ferron Guerreiro ...
Barbara James Smith ...
James Durham ...
...
...
...
...
Flo
...
Wallace Miller (as Stewart Zully)
Marilyn Boyle ...
Edit

Storyline

A high-powered consultant in love with her upscale Miami lifestyle is sent to a middle of nowhere town in Minnesota to oversee the restructuring of a blue collar manufacturing plant. After enduring a frosty reception from the locals, icy roads and freezing weather, she warms up to the small town's charm, and eventually finds herself being accepted by the community. When she's ordered to close down the plant and put the entire community out of work, she's forced to reconsider her goals and priorities, and finds a way to save the town. Written by Anonymous

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Taglines:

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

Genres:

Comedy | Romance

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for language and some suggestive material | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Official Sites:

Country:

|

Language:

|

Release Date:

30 January 2009 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Chilled in Miami  »

Filming Locations:

 »

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£438,979 (UK) (27 February 2009)

Gross:

$16,699,684 (USA) (20 March 2009)
 »

Company Credits

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

| |

Color:

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

J.K. Simmons didn't wear a fat suit for his role as Stu Kopenhafer; he actually gained 40+ pounds. See more »

Goofs

When Ted is discusses severance compensation on the phone, the boom is visible. See more »

Quotes

Ted Mitchell: Remember, whatever you do to my daughter, I do to you
See more »

Crazy Credits

During the closing credits, we're shown what is supposed to be the completed version of the scrapper book that Siobhan Hogan's character gives to Renee' Zellweger's. Various stills from the movie are shown as pictures 'pasted' into the scrapbook, along with humorous tag lines on each (page). See more »

Connections

Featured in Making 'New in Town' in Winnipeg, Canada (2009) See more »

Soundtracks

"Move by Yourself"
Written by Donavon Frankenreiter
Performed by Donavon Frankenreiter
Courtesy of Lost Highway Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

See more (Spoiler Alert!) »

User Reviews

 
New in Town, Old in Theatres
28 February 2009 | by (Hong Kong) – See all my reviews

Although a personal Zellweger fan myself, I did not feel that this was one of her shining moments.

The movie was predictable-one of many romantic comedy plots that have graced the screens of theatres. The characters were rather stale and unoriginal, and the jokes were old enough to have multiple colonies of mould growing on them.

Haivng said that, there were some bright spots in the film (though admittedly not enough to power a small light bulb), they did save the film from making my "Worst Movies of 2009" list. The jokes and quips were cute, and the exaggerations on small town life were amusing.

Both Harry Connick Jr. and Renee Zellweger were just about average in this film; not bad enough to avoid like the plague for the rest of their movie careers, yet not good enough to stand out from a crowd of actors.

Special mention, however, must be given to Siobhan Fallen, who happened to be one of the "bright spots". Her accent and mannerisms were hilarious; one of the few things that saved this movie.

My suggestion? Don't waste your money watching it in theatres when you can do so in the comfort of your own home.


38 of 51 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
renee shouldn't have been cast angeram8
Made me want to hammer my privates with a meat tenderizer eherenu
Minnesotan accents maaingan
Accent mariodottavio
Great Comedy JenGelinas
A Chick flick that guys can watch because... bljdwalker-1
Discuss New in Town (2009) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page