| Overall: | B- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B |
| Sexual Content: | B- |
| Language: | C+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
| Run Time: | 98 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 26 May 2009 |
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Other fish-out-of-water stories include Sarah Plain and Tall (about a spinster from the east coast who comes to live with a prairie farm family), Mulan (a young girl who pretends to be a boy and then joins the army) and To Sir With Love (where an educated, but unemployed gentleman takes a job teaching a group of ignorant, ill-mannered students).
Home Video Extra Features
New in Town arrives on the home video market on DVD (in either widescreen or full frame) and Blu-ray (widescreen only). All versions come with the following luggage:
- Audio commentary with the cast and crew.
- Deleted scenes
- Featurettes: Making NEW IN TOWN (in Winnipeg, Canada), The Folk Art of Scrapbooking and Pudding’s Delicious Role in NEW IN TOWN.
The DVD offers audio tracks in English (Dolby Digital 2.0 and Dolby Digital 5.1), with subtitles in English and Spanish.
Subtitles - English, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
The Blu-ray disc provides audio tracks in English (Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 7.1 HD), with subtitles in English, French and Spanish. It also includes an interactive feature, Your Own Scrapbook Commentary.
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About the Reviewer: Rod Gustafson
Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
