The New Guy

Name: The New Guy
Genre: Comedy
Released: May 10, 2002
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 24
Cast: DJ Qualls, Lyle Lovett

2002

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews

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Universal acclaim based on 76 Ratings

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Movie Details & Credits

Columbia Pictures | Release Date: May 10, 2002 | Unrated

Starring: DJ Qualls, Lyle Lovett

Summary: A hilarious story about wiping the slate clean and reinventing yourself. (Sony)

Director: Ed Decter

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 88 min

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Rick Groen

If physical appearance creates its own class system (in high school and beyond), then Qualls is perfect for this proselytizing role. He has that rarest of movie-star faces -- one that over comes the tyranny of beauty. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

A Jekyll-and-Hyde teen comedy that sounds like a Pauly Shore reject, but Qualls moves his marionette body around with a true clown's effervescence, and he does rubber-faced parodies of youth cool that are just what youth cool deserves. Read full review

Jonathan Foreman

Uneven but occasionally hilarious teen comedy. Read full review

Renee Graham

Probably would have worked better as a slamming soundtrack than as a muddle-headed movie. Read full review

Sean Axmaker

The slapdash comic flailing of screenwriter and TV scribe-turned-director Ed Decter is only compounded by a script so disconnected you have to wonder if pages were lost on the way to the set. Read full review

Mark Olsen

Various actors deserving of better (including Zooey Deschanel, Eddie Griffin and Lyle Lovett) suffer through the undercooked material, while love interest Eliza Dushku gamely gets through both a bikini-modeling montage and a mechanical bull ride, but none of their efforts can save this film. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

A particularly loathsome piece of cultural detritus, a trashy, crass piece of work that panders to the anxieties and desires of adolescents without a scintilla of sympathy or coherence. Read full review

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KevinM

Mar 13, 2009

I love this movie. DJ Qualls is a lovable geek and laughs are delivered throughout. Not everyone will like this movie, but so what.

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RichardT.

Jun 10, 2002

Funny as hell...laughed through the movie the whole time...

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[Anonymous]

Oct 18, 2005

Movie critics don't know anything anyway. They're hired to complain.

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FelixQ.

Jul 25, 2006

Once more, a teen-comedy (starring those who have passed the teen mark a few years ago) with a concept we've seen, uh a few times before. I think what makes this one better than others on one level is the approach- I don't think we've gone this *specific* route before. DJOnce more, a teen-comedy (starring those who have passed the teen mark a few years ago) with a concept we've seen, uh a few times before. I think what makes this one better than others on one level is the approach- I don't think we've gone this *specific* route before. DJ Qualls keeps this one from falling throught the floor completely- he deserves a lot more kudos in Hollywood. Unfortunately, for all the promise this could have had, it seems kind of hollow, and not fully developed. The jokes get slightly cheap at times, and other times seem to hit a much smarter note- if this film had just made up it's mind and decided to go all out dick-and-fart funny, or witty-ironic-satire, then it could have been great. One thing that's certain- let's see more of DJ Qualls!… Expand

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Meth-dude

Feb 5, 2017

The movie was predictable and cliché, but it was funny, interesting and pretty entertaining. It ultimately felt like a parody of other teen movies and it's not a bad thing at all.

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TTW107

Feb 8, 2012

This movie came out when I was 11 and I bet I would've totally enjoyed the hell out of it at that age but I'm 20 now and I just saw it. It's just dumb but i do applaud it for it's over-the-topness, it's like a dumb comic book made into a movie.

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Josh

Apr 21, 2006

Why do some people find this movie funny? I did not laugh once throughout this piece of crap excuse for a comedy.

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