Metacritic Movie Ratings
New in Town Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 75

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

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

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• 50

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  Do you like this sort of rom-com? It's a fair example of its type, not good, but competent.

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• 30

  out of 100

  The New York TimesStephen Holden

  Watching Ms. Zellweger's joyless performance, you have to wonder what happened to this formerly charming actress who not so long ago seemed on the verge of becoming a softer, more vulnerable Shirley MacLaine.

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• 30

  out of 100

  VarietyJoe Leydon

  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.

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• 30

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  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.

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• 30

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen

  Strictly old hat -- and a poorly assembled hat at that.

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• 25

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  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.

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