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A review of the movie New in Town from a Christian perspective.
Movie title: new in town
Classification: PG
Director: Jonas Elmer
Curious: Renée Zellweger and Harry Connick Jr.
Category: Romantic comedy
Christian perspective rating: 5 out of 5 stars – AWESOME!
Introduction: A big city corporate girl (Zellweger) must move to a small town in Minnesota. She becomes quite an adventure of the heart. She learns about love, friendship, loyalty, and what she really wants out of life.
Check: Lucy (Zellweger) must leave her luxurious life as a corporate woman in order to prove herself to her corporate bigwigs.
She volunteers for the daunting task of modernizing and downsizing a food plant in a small Minnesota town.
When he arrives, he discovers a colder and slower way of life, with simple, friendly people who really care about others. However, she is all business and she just wants to get the job done and get back to sunny Miami.
However, life has other plans for her… She finds herself caring for these quiet people and begins to love what they love. She even finds a romantic interest in handsome firefighter/union rep Ted (Harry Connick Jr.).
The humor in “New in Town” was hilarious. One moment that stands out in my mind was when Lucy first came to town and was driving with her future secretary, Blanche (Siobhan Fallon). As they chat, a humorous dialogue ensues… Blanche (with her peculiar Minnesota accent) asks Lucy, “Have you found Jesus?” “Well, I didn’t know he was missing,” Lucy replies with a smile. She pauses, as Blanch weighs that answer. “We don’t normally joke about Jesus around here,” Blanche replies. (There is more to follow that I will leave out.)
I don’t like to go into too much detail and ruin the movie for my readers, however I will tell you this, the movie has a great story, witty humor, a surprisingly positive view of God, and nothing that would make me not recommend it. to my friends.
Cons: There were no “major” downsides to New in Town. However, there are a few things worth mentioning…
There were some unnecessary mouths in the movie. I counted about 2 “S” words, 3 “D” words, 4/5 “A” words, 1 hell and 1 “SOB”.
As for the sex, a couple kisses, a kiss scene where they show nothing more than a brief kiss, and then when they’re “caught”, you see that Ted’s seatbelt is unbuckled. So yes, he fumbled around. However, we never saw or heard anything.
There was also a scene at the beginning of the movie where Lucy takes off her coat and her nipples are hard. However, again, it’s not meant to be a dirty scene. It’s actually a hilarious, laugh-out-loud moment that EVERY woman on the planet should be able to relate to.
Conclusion: Until the soundtrack, this was one of the best romantic comedies I’ve seen in a long time. It was funny, moving and relatively clean! I loved this movie and highly recommend it! It’s a great date night movie, or even a girls night out!
Oh, and ladies, be sure to check out Lucy’s shoes! She wears the coolest shoes, so she knows!