New in Town
Lionsgate | Release Date: January 30, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
29
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
7
Negative:
21
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Do you like this sort of rom-com? It's a fair example of its type, not good, but competent. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
New in Town is "The Pajama Game" without the songs, the laughs or the bare-knuckled realism. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
New In Town grinds its plucky protagonist through a predictable arc from dispassionate big-city ice queen to redeemed small-town tenderheart. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy Burr
You've seen New in Town before, and you've seen it done better. Still, it's a sweet-hearted bit of anemia, pleasant and obvious, and there are a few honest laughs to it. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
As for the locals, they speak like extras from "Fargo," although, on this go-round, that weird Swedish accent has somehow lost its power to amuse. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
Zellweger takes an otherwise passable mainstream comedy and all but ruins it with her lack of effort. Read full review
40
Village VoiceBrian Miller
The movie wrong-foots Zellweger from the start. She's not enough the ice queen, like Sigourney Weaver in "Working Girl," for us to accept her transition into adorable Melanie Griffith. Read full review
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