Nice effects though.

Good concept, poorly executed.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

This is one of the best movies i have ever seen. I you expect to see another gross teen movie you are wrong It is funny without having to have stupid jokes like other teen movies and it is enjoyable to watch.I recommend this movie to every one.Funny, hilarious, feel good movie. Don't listen to the naysayers. It's a teen movie for god's sake - what were these reviewers expecting? Shakespeare? The movie does start a little slow, but unlike the other teen movie releases recently, this one has some good surprises, not to mention the cameos - look out for Tommy Lee Jones, funny scenes with Tony Hawk (of skateboarding fame; another indication that the movie is geared to the X-games type crowd), David Hasselhoff, and even Vanilla Ice! LOL :)) The "Braveheart" scene is just too much. And if you have even the remotest appreciation for real music, the soundtrack is full of some wicked funk, from James Brown all the way to Outkast. See ya!

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.

I have seen the new guy movie. Iam from Argentine and i bought the original. The performance of Eliza Dushku is Excellent.I have seen almost all her movies and she is great. The other actors are also great. I love the message from the movie because it has a clear message. Maybe yo don't have to be the most popular in school, just to be a good person. The direction of this movie is great. I recommend this movie for teenagers and also for kids. Maybe middle age people will not understand the context. I would like to see more often to Eliza. I'm a great fan and i consider her to be the best actress of all Hollywood.

OK it's pretty obvious that this film is awful. In fact I only watched it because I mistook it for The New Guy 2003 The first real mistake of the film is the casting (I won't comment on Eddie Griffin, his name is enough of a trademark for bad films) -the so-called 'New Guy', DJ Quills, is a pretty bad choice under so many aspects. First of all, he is far too old for the part -which is pretty common, but what makes it much worse here is that this guy already looks ten years older than he actually is. Then, I have to say that even if I don't usually pay too much attention to this, here the lack of a decent script and anything anyway funny forced me to dwell on the protagonist's ugliness. This guy is far too abominably looking for any part!! How could he ever be believable in the role of the charming new guy?! The script doesn't help him either. The situations are recycled from whatever z-series American comedy, with easy jokes (people recorded while at the toilet) and tired stereotypes (cheerleaders, the jerk boyfriend, everyone in the high school behaving as a lobotomised mass). And where on earth could it be funny to see a super-skinny guy dressed as a general on a football pitch, throwing pseudo-quotes around?? More than that: do we really believe that that's going to make him popular in a high school?? The only actually funny parts were when the protagonist was being beaten up. They were trite and predictable, but at least that annoying skinny guy got what he deserved for a while. I have to admit: I didn't manage to watch through the whole film, so I might have missed some even more awful parts. Sorry about that. But I tried to watch a few scenes here and there, to see where it was heading (Nowhere).