New in Town (2009)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Jonas Elmer

Writers (WGA):

Ken Rance (written by) and
C. Jay Cox (written by)

Release Date:

30 January 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Plant | Minnesota | Manufacturing | Love | Small Town

Cast

Renée Zellweger	...	Lucy Hill
Harry Connick Jr.	...	Ted Mitchell
Siobhan Fallon	...	Blanche Gunderson (as Siobhan Fallon Hogan)
J.K. Simmons	...	Stu Kopenhafer
Mike O'Brien	...	Lars Ulstead
Frances Conroy	...	Trudy Van Uuden
Ferron Guerreiro	...	Bobbie Mitchell
Barbara James Smith	...	Joan
James Durham	...	Rob Deitmar
Robert Small	...	Donald Arling
Wayne Nicklas	...	Harve Gunderson
Hilary Carroll	...	Kimberley
Nancy Drake	...	Flo
Stewart J. Zully	...	Wallace Miller (as Stewart Zully)
Marilyn Boyle	...	Winnie

Also Known As:

Chilled in Miami (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for language and some suggestive material. (edited for re-rating; originally PG-13 for brief strong language)

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #44610) (edited for re-rating) | UK:12A | Ireland:12A | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | USA:PG-13 (original rating) | South Korea:12 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Hong Kong:IIA | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Edmonds Entertainment Group (EEG)

Trivia:

Stu Kopenhafer at the bar orders "Makers Mark, up" a clear reference to Juno (2007) where Juno "orders" the same when she first meets her baby's adoptive parents

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Manitoba highway signs can be seen in the opening New Ulm shots. Manitoba is over 300 miles from New Ulm.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Billy Gunderson: Awesome.

Movie Connections:

References Bambi (1942)

Soundtrack:

Just Because We're Over

"NEW IN TOWN" – Baby, it's COLD Outside (tho the story is warm) =

I found this film to be more ROMANTIC than comedy. RENEE ZELLWEGER plays an uptight, upwardly-mobile executive who's sent from Florida to revamp the food company's division in a small town in Minnesota. It's winter, she's massively unprepared for the weather, and people such as her assistant Blanche (SIOBHAN FALLON HOGAN) and Union rep Ted (played by HARRY CONNICK, JR.) work to try to help her acclimate to her surroundings and get along with the work force. The employees don't know what the company's overall plan is, and there are somewhat typical misunderstandings and machinations as she grows increasingly attached to the workers and tries to change the plans the headquarters has for the branch. It's fairly predictable, just mildly funny, but a generally warm-hearted diversion. In other words, it's effectively "Pleasant". I'd rate it a low 4 stars in that the acting is decent and it succeeds in its minor ambitions.