NEW IN TOWN

Maybe it’s too much Botox or cosmetic surgery gone wrong, but Renee Zellweger’s face looks pinched and paralyzed in this run-of-the-mill romantic comedy. Renee plays a “fish-out-of-water” corporate executive from Miami sent to downsize a factory in rural Minnesota. You know the drill: Renee coping with frigid temperatures in her designer suits, Renee almost hitting a cow and driving into a snow-filled ditch, Renee getting outsmarted by the clever locals. But New in Town, predictable as a Die Hard battery, has an above average cast with Harry Connick Jr. as the hunky union rep, Siobhan Fallon as Renee’s plucky secretary, and J. K. Simmons (the police commissioner on The Closer) as the wily factory Foreman. With all this talent, New in Town could have been a whole lot better. GRADE: C+.

2 thoughts on “NEW IN TOWN

    1. george Post author

      After Jerry Maguire, Bridget Jone’s Diary, and Chicago it looked like Renee Zellweger was an A-List actress. But then she made three bombs: Down With Love, Cinderella Man, and Leatherheads. So now Renee’s reduced to making dreck like New in Town.

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