Comedic Value Lost in Sea of Caricatures

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The mostly inoffensive but ultimately enslaved-to-formula "New in Town" is destined to feel like a really bad case of cinematic dj vu. It's "Doc Hollywood" meets "Fargo." Minus the wood chipper.

Lucy Hill (Rene Zellweger) isn't climbing so much as blasting up the corporate ladder at the swank headquarters of a Miami food conglomerate. When her boss asks for someone to oversee the dismemberment of one of the company's underperforming plants, the ambitious Lucy volunteers, knowing that a job well done guarantees a big promotion.

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Comedic Value Lost in Sea of Caricatures

There's just one problem: The plant is in snowbound New Ulm. It's just Minnesota, but for Lucy, it might as ...

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