A Miami, Florida businesswoman adjusts to her new life in a small Minnesota town.A Miami, Florida businesswoman adjusts to her new life in a small Minnesota town.A Miami, Florida businesswoman adjusts to her new life in a small Minnesota town.
Nancy Jane Drake
- Flo
- (as Nancy Drake)
Stewart J. Zully
- Wallace Miller
- (as Stewart Zully)
Ordena Stephens
- Leslie
- (as Ordena Stephens-Thompson)
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- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaJ.K. Simmons didn't wear a fat suit for his role as Stu Kopenhafer. He gained more than forty pounds.
- GoofsOpening shots of New Ulm include Manitoba highway signs. Manitoba is over 300 miles from New Ulm.
- Quotes
Ted Mitchell: Remember, whatever you do to my daughter, I do to you
- Crazy creditsDuring the closing credits, we're shown what is supposed to be the completed version of the scrapper book that Siobhan Hogan's character gives to Renee' Zellweger's. Various stills from the movie are shown as pictures 'pasted' into the scrapbook, along with humorous tag lines on each (page).
- ConnectionsFeatured in Making 'New in Town' in Winnipeg, Canada (2009)
- SoundtracksSteer
Written by Missy Higgins (as Melissa Higgins)
Performed by Missy Higgins
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film And TV Licensing
Featured review
No, this is not Citizen Kane. It's just a pleasant little romantic comedy with a business spin, in the realm of Baby Boom and Gung Ho. Renee Zellwegger does a fine job as the fish-out-of-water exec from Miami, come to do a hatchet job on a plant in a cold small town in Minnesota. Harry Connick, Jr. does very well in a non-musical role as the love interest, and as the representative of the union for a bit of conflict. A capable supporting cast keeps the smiles coming.
Predictable? Absolutely! Predictable gets a bad rap, actually. As those of us who watch movies more than once (and there are a lot of us) must expect predictable, right? After all, we have seen it before!
Corny? Without a doubt! But corny is not always bad. Think of how many corny movies you've enjoyed.
Enjoyable? Well, it was for me.
Predictable? Absolutely! Predictable gets a bad rap, actually. As those of us who watch movies more than once (and there are a lot of us) must expect predictable, right? After all, we have seen it before!
Corny? Without a doubt! But corny is not always bad. Think of how many corny movies you've enjoyed.
Enjoyable? Well, it was for me.
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $8,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $16,734,283
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,741,530
- Feb 1, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $29,010,817
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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