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List Price: $14.94 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 13835
Released: August 13, 2002 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A high school dork gets himself expelled from school so he can go to a different school and pretend to be cool.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 5-OCT-2004
Media Type: DVD
Description of The New Guy:
Aimed at teens with numb senses of humor, The New Guy earns its chuckles mostly by accident. Most of the comedy is DOA, although the cast--especially DJ Qualls in the title role--possesses a modicum of scrappy charm. DJ plays a "blip" on his high school’s social radar, briefly jailed for chronic misbehavior and mentored in coolness by a fellow inmate (Eddie Griffin), who becomes the funky "new guy" at a new school, where he’s worshipped as a mysterious hipster and attracts the hottest cheerleader (Eliza Dushku). Directed without a shred of inspiration (by a cowriter of There’s Something About Mary) and looking like a drab 16-millimeter industrial film, the movie would be a waste of time were it not for its abiding cheerfulness, rock-star cameos (Henry Rollins, Gene Simmons, Tommy Lee), Lyle Lovett as DJ’s dad, and a fresh cast that almost makes this lowbrow mess worthwhile. --Jeff Shannon
The New Guy Reviews:
new guy directors cut 
2009-12-21 - the directors cut has slight little differences than the original. from the extended scenes of dizzies dad getting the marshmellow in the eye all the way through. most notibly is the scene on the horse, he is addressing the crowd and not the football team to get them fired up before 'their first win since the last busch administration.'all in all the differences were great. did it make the film better, i think it did, did it make it worse, definately not, it just made it different. if you get the chance to get the original or directors cut on dvd i would suggest the directors cut, it does make a difference
BETTER THAN AVERAGE TEEN COMEDY! 
2009-11-06 - 'The New Guy' offers nothing new, but gets a big boost from its cast. We've seen it all before a million times in those 80's
teen comedies, loser becomes school's top dog and pines for the most popular girl and get her and then they find out about his past and everything unravels. Yeah......we've seen this all before!
What could have been a huge dud turns out to be surprisingly funny and charming because of a good cast, an energetic soundtrack and a few differences in the clichéd story line. The quirky DJ Qualls in the title role gives an enthusiastic performance and cutie pie Zooey Deschanel is always a treat. If you like these types of films, this one is much better than I expected it to be. It's not original, but it is a charming entry in the genre.
Look for cameos from Gene Simmons, Lyle Lovett, Henry Rollins and Tommy Lee.
Cool movie, but better than the theatrical release.
2009-09-13 - There are a few extras that are worth it. Zooey and Eliza are fantastic along with DJ.
america's critic 
2009-09-11 - this movie had sum pretty funny parts sum times it lost momento and dulled down sum but for a couple laughs check it out
New Guy
2009-03-08 - hmmm, it was that good, kinda disappointing, i was up for so laughs but got about 5 out of the whole movie.
