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New in Town

Overview

Genre :

Romance, Comedy

Release Date :

January 30, 2009

MPAA Rating :

PG

Director :

Jonas Elmer

Starring :

Renee Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr., Siobhan Fallon, J.K. Simmons, Frances Conroy, Mike O'Brien, Ferron Guerreiro

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

3 of 5

“..the first genuinely funny film of 2009..”
by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel]
1 of 5

“..perfectly dreadful..”
by Randy Cordova [Arizona Republic]
1 of 5

“..neither romantic nor funny..”
by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News]
1.5 of 4

“..hackneyed, fish-out-of-water comedy..”
by Jeff Vice [Deseret News]
“..flat..”
by Stephen Holden [NY Times]
1 of 4

“..downright insulting, humorlessly deriding..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
Review rate : B-

“..charming and uncharacteristically idiosyncratic..”
by Paula Nechak [Seattle Post Intelligencer]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Robert W. Butler [Kansas City Star]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
2 of 4
Reviewed by John Anderson [Newsday]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by James Berardinelli [Reelviews]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Connie Ogle [Miami Herald]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
1 of 5
Reviewed by John P. McCarthy [Boxoffice Magazine]

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