The New Guy

The film tells the story of high school loser Dizzy Harrison (Qualls) who gets himself expelled so that he can move schools and reinvent himself. Learning how to be cool from a prison inmate, he renames himself Gil Harris and is quick to make new friends and soon gains respect from jocks and geeks alike. He begins dating popular girl Danielle (Dushku) and unites a once-divided school, also greatly improving its football team. Eventually, Gil has to face his demons from his old school when they face each other in a football game. The film received generally negative reviews, but was a modest box office success
==Plot==
The film tells the story of high school loser Dizzy Harrison (Qualls) who gets himself expelled so that he can move schools and reinvent himself. Learning how to be cool from a prison inmate, he renames himself Gil Harris and is quick to make new friends and soon gains respect from jocks and geeks alike. He begins dating popular girl Danielle (Dushku) and unites a once-divided school, also greatly improving its football team. Eventually, Gil has to face his demons from his old school when they face each other in a football game. The film received generally negative reviews, but was a modest box office success
==Cast==
Dizzy Gillespie Harrison / Gil Harris
Eliza Dushku as Danielle
Eddie Griffin as Luther
Zooey Deschanel as Nora
Lyle Lovett as Bear Harrison
Jerod Mixon as Kirk
Parry Shen as Glen
Rachael E. Stevens as Tina
Ameer Baraka as Barclay
Kina Cosper as Estelle
Ross Patterson as Conner Maguire
Geoffrey Lewis as Principal Zaylor
Kurt Fuller as Mr. Undine
Sunny Mabrey as Courtney
Illeana Douglas as Miss Kiki Pierce
Justine Johnston as Mrs. Whitman
Matt Gogin as Ed Ligget
Christa Campbell as Tommy Lee's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Cameo appearances
Jerry O'Connell
Charlie O'Connell
Vanilla Ice
Tony Hawk
Silkk the Shocker
David Hasselhoff
Master P
Tommy Lee
Kool Moe Dee
Horatio Sanz
Henry Rollins
Josh Todd
Jai Rodriguez
C-Murder
Jermaine Dupri
M. C. Gainey
Kyle Gass
Gene Simmons
James Brown (archival footage)
Valente Rodriguez
==Production==
The film was shot in Austin and around Austin (San Marcos, Elgin, and Del Valle) utilized Texas State University, Driskell Hotel, and an FYE at Lakeline Mall between October 23, 2000 to January 12, 2001.
==Reception==
Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 7% based on 99 reviews, with an average rating of 3.30/10. The consensus reads: "Incoherent, silly, and unoriginal, The New Guy offers up the same old teen gross-out comedy cliches." On Metacritic, the film has a 24% rating, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews" based on reviews from 23 critics.
The film grossed $31,167,388 worldwide against a $13 million production budget.
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