The New Guy (2002)

Directed by

Ed Decter

Genre

comedy film, prison film, teen film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 668 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A scrawny high schooler gets himself expelled and reinvents his identity at a new school. With advice from a prison inmate, he transforms into the cool guy, winning over the school and dating the head cheerleader.

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What happens

The New Guy is a 2002 American teen comedy film directed by Ed Decter, written by David Kendall and starring DJ Qualls, Eliza Dushku, Zooey Deschanel, Lyle Lovett, and Eddie Griffin. The film tells the story of a scrawny high schooler named Dizzy Harrison (Qualls) gets himself expelled to reinvent his identity at a new school. With advice from a prison inmate (Griffin), he transforms into the "cool" Gil Harris, winning over the school and dating the head cheerleader (Dushku). The New Guy was released by Sony Pictures Releasing on May 10, 2002. The film received generally negative reviews, but was a modest box office success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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