In an exciting story about the world of business and money. That story began with an executive director named Lucy Hill, an ambitious executive who is trying to climb the ladder of corporate success as well as all the material goods that her success could buy. Shortly after her work, she took the opportunity to appoint her to restructure the manufacturing plant. Lucy eventually realizes she has changed her life completely without knowing it.
In the current economic climate, this comedy about workers whose livelihood is rescued by a benevolent boss represents the ultimate wish-fulfillment fantasy. Don't spend your hard-earned discretionary cash on it.
It follows a particularly abhorrent Hollywood formula: Ridicule the friendly, rural folks, show how stupid they are, then by the end, place their small-town values and inherent decency on a pedestal.
New in Town is old, and worn out. Its joints are creaky, it smells like mothballs, and it just keeps repeating the same old stories over and over again.
We could use an upbeat film with a solid Frank Capra vibe. But New in Town doesn't elicit a rah-rah spirit so much as it reawakens the cynical thought that such lazy screenwriters deserve to be out of work.
Wall Street Journal
January 30, 2009
The month of January has come to be known as a graveyard for bad movies, but how bad can it get? This one answers the question.