New In Town

TITLE: New In Town

SYNOPSIS: Lucy Hill (Renee Zellweger) is a business woman in Miami, and takes her career very seriously. She hopes to, one day, become Vice President of the company she works for. She does get a promotion, but not the one she'd hoped for. Her promotion is as a restructuror, and she has to move all the way out to a tiny town in Minnesota. At first, she has a bit of trouble adapting to her new surroundings. She could really care a lot less about any of the workers in the plant. However, she soon befriends a good number of the workers and other people there. Then, the plant is in jeopardy of being shut down. But, you see, now she actually cares about these people, and will do anything to make sure their jobs stay where they are.

FAVORITE QUOTE: Lucy (drunkenly): Hey...hey..I do not need shome man to help me.

Lucy passes out

MY RATING: It was a pretty good movie. Renee Zellweger does a good job as main character Lucy Hill, while Harry Conick Jr. and Siobhan Fallon do very good jobs as Ted (Lucy's corporate consultant) and Blanche (Lucy's secretary). Be on the lookout for a whole lot of Minnesota jokes. If there's a Minnesota joke to be had, it's probably in this movie. All together, I'd give this romantic-comedy a look if you like romantic-comedies.

MY RATING: 4 Train Whistles

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

TITLE: Paul Blart: Mall Cop

SYNOPSIS: Paul Blart (Kevin James) is your average man. He lives at home with his mother and his 11-year-old daughter. He is divorced, as his one past wife only married him to get her green card, and then abandoned him and his child. He is, basically, a loveable sad-sack. His job is as a security gaurd at a local mall. He takes his job very seriously. Perhaps, a bit too seriously, as he beleives himself to be an actual cop. He is like the lowly stage hand who considers himself to be director of a play. One day, while patrolling the mall, Paul meets the butiful Amy (Jayma Mays) who works at a small boutique. He tries to get her attention, and is, somewhat successful. He has to borrow one of his friend's daughter's cell-phones, and is continulously getting calls from her love-sick, stalker boyfriend, Pahud. Now, Paul isn't the brightest lightbulb in the bunch. However, when a gang of criminals tries to make a hostile take-over of the mall, Paul might be the only one who can save the day...

FAVORITE QUOTE: Paul: Okay...I'll call you back.

Pahud (Yelling): You call me back, Paul Blart! You call me back!

MY THOUGHTS: I was rather surprised to find out that Adam Sandler had something to do with this film. However, when I saw the "Happy Madison" logo, I figured, "Okay, either he is in this movie (which he wasn't), or he had something to do with it (which he did, he was co-producer)". "Mall Cop" is a pretty good movie. Yes, it is kinda stupid at times, but it's a good movie. Sometimes, you need to see a movie that you don't really have to think about. Movies where you cna just sit back, relax, and have a few laughs at stupid comedy. Kevin James does a good job as the title character, Paul Blart. And, Jayma Mays does good as Paul's love interest, Amy. Mays might look familiar to some of you "Ugly Betty" fans, as she played Henry's ex-girlfriend Charlie in the 1st and 2nd seasons of the show. Mays, again, does a terrific performance here. All together, this movie is good for a few stupid comedy jokes. It's something you should just go see to ahve a few laughs.

MY RATING: 3 and 1/2 Train Whsitles