The New Guy

Genre: Comedy

Worldwide gross$31.2M

Dizzy Harrison is an unpopular, high school geek going through a hellish senior year. In an attempt to make a new identity for himself, Dizzy gets himself expelled from his high school, learns the technics of being cool from a prison inmate, and enrolls at a new high school under the alias Gil Harris, to make new friends where he soon gains respect from the jocks and geeks alike. Dizzy 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 "Gil Harris." past to uncover any beef on him to ruin his entire life and turn it upside down.

🏆 1 nomination

Director

Ed Decter

Cast

DJ Qualls, Lyle Lovett, Eliza Dushku

Released

10 May 2002

Runtime

1h 28m

Certificate

PG-13

IMDb rating

5.8 / 10

Votes

38,348

Metascore

24

Rotten Tomatoes

7%

Box office

$29,760,152

Budget

$13,000,000

Edition

Base