New in Town (2009)

Director
Jonas Elmer

Main cast
Renée Zellweger; Harry Connick Jr.; J.K. Simmons; Siobhan Fallon; Mike O'Brien

Genres
Comedy, Romance

Description
Lucy Hill is an ambitious up-and-coming executive living in Miami. She loves her shoes, she loves her cars and she loves climbing the corporate ladder. When she is offered a temporary assignment—in the middle of nowhere—to restructure a manufacturing plant, she jumps at the opportunity, knowing that a big promotion is close at hand.What begins as a straight-forward assignment becomes a life-changing experience as Lucy discovers greater meaning in her life and most unexpectedly, the man of her dreams.


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