A Miami businesswoman adjusts to her new life in a tiny Minnesota town.
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| Renée Zellweger | ... | Lucy Hill | |
| Harry Connick Jr. | ... | Ted Mitchell | |
| Siobhan Fallon Hogan | ... | Blanche Gunderson | |
| J.K. Simmons | ... | Stu Kopenhafer | |
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Mike O'Brien | ... | Lars Ulstead |
| Frances Conroy | ... | Trudy Van Uuden | |
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Ferron Guerreiro | ... | Bobbie Mitchell |
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James Durham | ... | Rob Deitmar |
| Robert Small | ... | Donald Arling | |
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Wayne Nicklas | ... | Harve Gunderson |
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Hilary Carroll | ... | Kimberley |
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Nancy Drake | ... | Flo |
| Stewart J. Zully | ... | Wallace Miller (as Stewart Zully) | |
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Marilyn Boyle | ... | Winnie |
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Dan Augusta | ... | Billy Gunderson |
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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.
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She's an executive on the move. But her career is taking her a little farther than she expected.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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Release Date:
30 January 2009 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$8,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$6,741,530, 1 February 2009Gross USA:
$16,734,283Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$29,010,817Company Credits
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Written by Marc Bolan
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Italian censorship visa # 103049 delivered on 24-11-2009. See more »Goofs
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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.