Lucy Hill is an ambitious up-and-coming executive living in Miami. She loves her shoes, she loves her cars and she loves 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 straight-forward assignment becomes a life-changing experience as Lucy discovers greater meaning in her life and, most unexpectedly, the man of her dreams.
The month of January has come to be known as a graveyard for bad movies, but how bad can it get? This one answers the question.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
30 Jan 2009
rotten:
We could use an upbeat film with a solid Frank Capra vibe. But New in Town doesn't elicit a rah-rah spirit so much as it reawakens the cynical thought that such lazy screenwriters deserve to be out of work.
– Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan 2009
rotten:
In the current economic climate, this comedy about workers whose livelihood is rescued by a benevolent boss represents the ultimate wish-fulfillment fantasy. Don't spend your hard-earned discretionary cash on it.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 Feb 2009
rotten:
The offspring of "Baby Boom" meets "Doc Hollywood."
– Richard Roeper,
Richard Roeper.com,
7 Feb 2009
rotten:
A shockingly banal script lends the movie a generic awfulness; you wish Zellweger were in better hands.