New in Town Critic Reviews

The new comedy is flat, the romance is listless, the pacing is sluggish, and the fish-out-of-water flops -- flip-flop, flip-flop, I can hear it still.Read the full review

To say that New in Town is the worst movie of this fledgling year is to damn it with faint praise. It may be one of the worst movies of any year. Not content to be merely inane and predictable, it is downright insulting, humorlessly deriding those who choose to live in rural America, labor in factories or have a strong Christian faith.Read the full review

One of many burdensome tasks required of the viewer of this fish-out-of-water love story. The toughest of all: caring about any of the characters in this smug, check-off-the-boxes comedy.Read the full review

The movie has little to recommend it and more than a few things to encourage those who pursue quality cinema to stay away.Read the full review

It doesn't help that Zellweger, in an unfortunate attempt to make the aud appreciate her character's uptightness, spends many of the early scenes moving about as stiff as a flagpole in January.Read the full review

It's unfunny at best and borderline-amateur at worst, notwithstanding the desperate efforts of Renée Zellweger.Read the full review

A gentle, traditional (like, from the last century) romantic comedy.Read the full review

Seriously, though, watching New in Town left me feeling as pained as Zellweger, playing Lucy Hill, looks.Read the full review

Strictly old hat -- and a poorly assembled hat at that.Read the full review