The New Guy (2002)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

As far as comedy goes, you can't get much better than this. They casted "DJ" perfectly and he fits into this role like a glove. This movie gives geeks the world over a confidence boost as shows them that geeks can quickly turn into bad-asses (with some forged papers and enough eyeliner). This movie is hilarious and Eddy Griffin's character makes this movie totally unforgettable. All the scenes in the prison are comedy gold, although it portrays prison as being one large party. And everyone feels good when they see a high school bully get beaten. 8/10 score on a general scale, but 9 out of 10 as far as comedy movies go, really a fantastic comedy movie.

Dizzy Harrison is an unpopular geek going through a bad senior year. In an attempt to make a new identity for himself, he gets himself expelled, learns the technique's of cool from a prison inmate, and enrols at a new school under the alias Gil Harris, to make new friends. He then gets noticed by the head cheerleader, Danielle, and helps the school football team gain self-respect to win games. But things unknowingly begin to turn sour when Danielle's disgruntled boyfriend begins investigating into his past to uncover any dirt on him.....Its a great premise, and could have been a wonderful movie, but I have never seen a movie where the lead is so miscast, that it ruins the whole film.Qualls is a good actor, Road Trip was funny, but to cast him as someone who would be considered cool by all the school and to have Dushku be attracted to him, is beyond bonkers.I know its shallow me saying that, but its a shallow movie, and despite the message of the film 'if your nice, it doesn't matter if your not cool' its still shallow, humourless stuff.The cast grate, Griffin is wasted, and its so predictable, you can almost count to three when the titular character has something bad happen to him, and then its all okay come the end.Add two really bad homages to Patton and Braveheart, you have a really disappointing movie.

It's amazing what I'll allow myself to watch, isn't it? The New Guy lies comfortably at the bottom of the barrel in terms of comedic teenage-fare. Its jokes are tired, its sight gags consistently unimpressive, and its story only elevated by the capable performance of DJ Qualls. You may remember him; that geeky, weird looking kid from Road Trip? His only starring role is unfortunately a film infested with dead end clichés and stale jokes so powerful they could taint a resume for decades.Qualls plays a high school senior named Dizzy, he's the stereotypical nerd who plays in a funk band and is treated with torment day in and day out at his high school. One day, Dizzy becomes involved in a little situation at school. Long story short, the poor guy's innocuous erection when talking to the pretty cheerleader leads to the librarian breaking his penis and sending him into a never-ending sea of embarrassment. For no real reason, loopier than all hell on prescription drugs, Dizzy intrudes on a church sermon at a local mall and is sent to prison.In prison, Dizzy meets Luther (Eddie Griffin), a man who understands the position the poor sap is in and wants to help him out. Dizzy winds up expelled from his old high school and winds up taking advice from Luther on how to be hip and cool. He gives him a makeover and renames him "Gil Harris," as he attends the school run by preppy girls and jocks, East Highland High. He quickly sets his sights on school cheerleader Danielle (Eliza Dushku), and quickly learns the only way to leave an impression is to be a jerk, so that's exactly what he does.One thing I truly need to admire about The New Guy is its lack of ambition. It's hard to find a film from the last few years that seems to be as inert and as lifeless as this one. From its drab title, to its cloyingly bland poster, contrived setup, stock characters that can be described and summed up in one word, unfathomable plot points, and a barrage of other things, it's almost as if the executives behind the picture told Columbia Pictures that they wanted to fund, produce, create, and distribute one of the most boring and listless examples of teenage banal.And they succeeded. Not only does the film make us sit through ninety-three tedious minutes of clichés and dead-ends, it also shortchanges the comic ability of its headlining actor, Eddie Griffin, by giving him virtually zero screen time. The man shows up at leisure, pulls off the ominous prisoner with little convincing charisma, and seems to appear and reappear at convenience.As stated before, DJ Qualls is an underrated talent, unfortunately confined to a supporting role more often than not or simply not recognized at all. This is tragic but also apparent when you have mediocre comedies existing on your resume in place of successful, possibly defining staples. If we were to compare The New Guy to, say, Stealing Harvard, you'd have to resort to the political method of picking the lesser of the two evils. If you compared it to the nineties icon Slacker, well, you'd be comparing art and trash.Starring: DJ Qualls, Eddie Griffin, Eliza Dushku, and Zooey Deschanel. Directed by: Ed Decter.

Randomly, I select a film from on-demand, and we are off and running.As the film starts I can see the production values are average at best. Then we have a young man dancing like James brown - which, in hind-site, may be the funniest thing about this piece of junk.'The New Guy' features DJ Qualls. DJ leaves a lot to be desired as an actor. He fits the dork mold perfectly, but struggles when it comes to tying this film together. Qualls plays the picked-on nerd with only a small group of friends. In an effort to escape his terrible high school life he gets expelled, jailed, and learns how to be a tough guy from Eddie Griffin. Griffin's part is far too small to save this film. It's almost as if the director slapped 10K on the table and said we need you Eddie for 10 minutes of footage and a cover shot. We'll have you out of here by 5pm. Sellout!Qualls re-enlists at a new school to establish his alternate ego. This is the point, right at the beginning, where this film goes south, and fast. The films biggest issue is it's complete lack of realism. This genre has been done before with much more care(see Phil Joanou's '3 O'Clock High'). Some of the gags in this film are so utterly ridiculous that you can barely keep your eyes on the screen. They'll, more likely, be rolling, as if to say, "Oh My God".The romance between Qualls and a cheerleader at his new school lacks any depth whatsoever, and both actors make this aspect of the film, useless. I'll give it 4 stars for the revenge factor, which is always a crowd pleaser, and for the cameo's, which were fun and frequent, but 'The New Guy' is NOT a good movie, and, I suppose, that most of the positive reviews are coming from the 13-16 year old demographic.I will never recommend this film, and I will never watch it again.36/100