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The New Guy (2002)

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The motivating credo of its hero may be "from bitch to bull," but "The New Guy" is nothing but a mouse on the teen movie block. C [...]
— review by Robert Koehler at Variety - 9 May 2002

It may have been the only one, but there was at least one good decision during filming of The New Guy: the hiring of Lyle Lovett t [...]
— review by Derek Armstrong at allmovie

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When the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year directs an equally miserable film the following year, [...]
— review by Norm Schrager at FilmCritic

Often, films as lousy as ''The New Guy'' are dumped into theaters with no advance screenings for cri [...]
— review by Renee Graham, Globe Staff at The Boston Globe - 10 May 2002

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DJ Qualls stars in "The New Guy" as a high school misfit who switches schools and gets a fresh start. At Rocky Creek, he was th [...]
— review by Roger Ebert at Chicago Sun-Times - 10 May 2002

Don't expect any subtlety from this latest entry in the increasingly threadbare gross-out comedy cycle. Things turn pear-shaped, [...]
— review at BBC Movies

It's Gregg's first day in his new job; tonight he has a first date promised. He's a bit of a wuss, so you can understand why his [...]
— review by NB at Time Out

A dismal high school comedy, directed by the co-writer of the crudely hilarious There's Something About Mary. Unpopular geek Dizz [...]
— review by NFr at Time Out

Teen movies have really hit the skids. Aiming at the lowest common denominator depends on where you start and how deep you dig. [...]
— review by Angus Wolfe Murray at Eye for Films

The New Guy movie poster

Director

Ed Decter

Actors

DJ Qualls (Dizzy Harrison/Gil Harris)
Eliza Dushku (Danielle)
Zooey Deschanel (Nora)
Jerod Mixon (Kirk)
Parry Shen (Glen)
Lyle Lovett (Bear Harrison)
Eddie Griffin (Luther)
Sunny Mabrey (Courtney)
Ross Patterson (Connor Maguire)
Matt Gogin (Ed Ligget)
Horatio Sanz (Dance Instructor)
Tony Hawk (Drillers Fan)
Geoffrey Lewis (Principal Zaylor)
Charlie O'Connell (Highland High Party Twin #2)
Language: English
Country: United States
Running time: 92 minutes
(1 hour 32 minutes)
Release date:
United States: 10 May 2002

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