New in Town

New in Town (2009)

Genres - Comedy, Romance  |   Sub-Genres - Comedy of Manners, Romantic Comedy  |   Release Date - Jan 30, 2009 (USA)  |   Run Time - 96 min.  |   Countries - Canada, United States  |   MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Jason Buchanan

Renée Zellweger and Harry Connick Jr. headline this romantic comedy about an ambitious Miami executive who meets the man of her dreams and begins reassessing her big-city values after accepting a temporary transfer to the middle of nowhere. When it comes to climbing the corporate latter, Lucy Hill (Zellweger) is a good few rungs above her closest competitor; she's got ambition to spare, and she cares more about driving the latest model car and filling her closet with shoes than making friends around the office. Offered a temporary assignment restructuring a manufacturing plant in the snowbound town of New Ulm, Lucy accepts, knowing that a big promotion is just around the corner. But New Ulm and Miami couldn't be more different if they were each located on separate continents, and as Lucy warms to the locals she discovers that there's more to life than making top dollar and wearing the latest fashions. When handsome local Ted Mitchell (Harry Connick Jr.) takes an interest in Lucy, it isn't long before the whole town is abuzz with rumors of romance, and the girl from the city discovers that a bit of rural magic could work wonders for her outlook on life.

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businessperson, executive, factory, fish-out-of-water, foreman, midwestern, plant [factory], small-town, union [labor union]