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Summary: This 'New Guy' is a huge mess!
Review: DJ Qualls stars as the new guy in this poorly made movie. It started of slow and got worse after every scene. It never went down hill since it was already down hill from the very start. Well in this movie DJ Qualls plays an outcast who get's send to jail and is trained by Eddie Griffin to become a tough guy (it's harder then he thought). After he succeds he goes to a new school and he becames Mr. Cool. He beats up tough jocks and flirts with some hotties and gets invited to cool parties. It's going good for him and no one would mess with this new guy. Which I find ridiculous because he's so damn thin that anyone could beat him up. What could I do, it seems that these days Hollywood is releasing the most bad movies like this one.One thing I like is of course the foxy girls and I laughed like about two times only! Two times? I thought this was a comedy. I laughed more during "Signs" and that's a horror film. Anyways, after seeing the boring beginning and horrible middle of this film, the ending comes. Yes, the ending is all I like. It was nice and cool and the ending was a masterpiece, but it was already at the end and everything else was terrible! If you want to see a good movie tonight then "The New Guy" is not a good one (unless you like watching really bad comedies). well, I didn't like this film and it wasn't funny. I thank god that I didn't have to pay to see it (my cousin rented this mess). Well I know why he did, because he's a pothead and he'll laugh at any dumb thing!
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Summary: Oh no...not again!!
Review: Is it ever gonna stop? It just seems like teen movies are getting dumber and dumber and dumber. It's amazing how far the teen comedy genre has fallen since "Clueless". What in the world is the appeal of watching high schoolers act obnoxious, gross and superficial? Most of the time you are supposed to be laughing with them and not at them. I guess I just don't get it. Evidently people find being cruel and disgusting to be hysterical these days. There is a scene where a librarian grabs a boy's crotch. There's another scene where a midget is rolled downhill in a garbage can. There's yet another scene where a principal is shown on a toilet. All of those things are supposed to have you rolling in the aisles with laughter. Maybe it would work if you are 10 years old or have never seen a comedy in your entire life. Those are the only two kinds of people I would think this movie might appeal to.
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Summary: Just another teen movie
Review: Let's all face it, the true great teen comedies came out in the 1980's..'sixteen candles, breakfast club, ferris bueller, Heathers..."
I did laugh a few times in this, but i was then wretching. What is it with teen comedies today? So many of them are crude and disgusting.
"The New Guy" at least has a message: be yourself.
DJ Qualls, who was the really geeky guy in Road Trip, plays Dizzy. He wants so badly to fit in, he does anything in his power to do so.. He ends up in jail after some minor charges brought against him in school, and is schooled in how to be cool by Eddie Griffin, who was funny in this. He doesn't even have to say anything, he has great expressions. Such as the EYE...
Dizzy has his real friends, and then makes new friends at a new school after being expelled. Elisha Dishku, who I remember from the t.v. show "Buffy the vampire slayer", plays Dizzy's new friend who takes him under her wing, and helps him become "in". Eventually the jig is up, and everyone finds out the truth about the new guy...This is typical-- very predictable but at the same time is sort of funny in a stupid way. Country singer, and sometime actor Lyle Lovett plays Dizzy's father. He is actually pretty good in this.
This is cute for a few laughs, it's not the worst of it's kind. It's hardly a classic. I think a younger audience than myself and fans of Elisha will appreciate this more.
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Summary: Great Movie
Review: For all those morons out there that are dissing this movie, you must have rented the wrong video. Cause this was one of the greatest teen movies I've seen come out in a long time. I was not even close to being impressed by the American Pies, or Not Another Teen Movie. This movie has many scenes that you'll rewind to watch over and over again, because it will always keep you laughing. DJ Qualls who starred in Road Trip which was an excellent movie also plays the lead character in this movie. I have only rented this so far and I've watched this movie four times, and I hardly ever watch a movie more then twice at the most. So this means it has my approval. If you want to see a great comedy I insist you go rent this ASAP. If you want to own a great comedy, go to your nearest department store or buy it off here. Totally Enjoyed It!!!
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Summary: So much potential, so little impact
Review: It's truly unfortunate when bad things happen to good actors. I'll be honest. The only reason I went to see this movie in the first place was because of Eliza Dushku. And the fact that she is in it is the only reason I gave it 3 stars (just couldn't bring myself to put anything lower). I know her talent is going to blow peoples minds once given a quality part, but for now she is stuck being the one good thing in a lot of bad movies. This movie was so predictable that I'm sure I could have recited the dialogue right along with the actors while the movie was playing. And the corn-factor was so high that I actually found myself groaning out loud. Yes, good moral...it's cool to be kind. But, did they have to hit us over the head with it? There is such a thing as subtlety. I want to be able to tell people to at least check this movie out, but I can't.
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Summary: worst movie I have ever seen.
Review: I would give this a negative star rating, if the options would have allowed me. Anyone who gave this a positive rating, is definately smoking something. I generally love a good comedy (something about mary, dumb and dumber, meet the parents, road trip, and the american pies), but this should not even be mentioned in the same breath as these movies. I was optimistic because the lead character (DJ Qualls) was in road trip, but he definately took two steps backwards with this movie. If I was to say one positive thing about this film, it would be that Eliza Dushku is very hot, and is a decent actor as well, but is not worth the rental price of the dvd.
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Summary: In one word.........GRRRRRRREAT!
Review: I just got this movie the other day and I cracked up watching it! This is a movie that every fan of "Not Another Teen Movie" and "She's All That" should see. The humor is crude, but its very much worth watching. I watched it with my grandma and she thought it was kinda funny, kinda stupid. Me, I enjoyed it! It is a crack up just watching it. Here's the summary (don't be scared of spoilers because I've stopped writing those): Dizzy is a typical nerdy 18 year old with a bunch of nerdy friends. He decides to purposely get expelled from school, go to jail and take lessons from a fellow jailer who knows the ropes. Dizzy then gets out of jail and starts over at another school. END OF SUMMARY! You must at least rent this, if you like it, please do yourself a favor and buy it. The DVD kinda [is poor] because there are no as I like to call them "Yippee!" features. It comes with the standard trailers, a music video (pretty good video, the high point of the DVD) plus optional widescreen/fullscreen options. The widescreen version is best watched at 16x9 for ultimate satisfaction. Comedies are best viewed on DVD in fullscreen because there is no real action going on, so you're not missing much. Movies like Rush Hour 1 and 2 are best watched in WIDESCREEN because there is action. But hey, the widescreen version might be annoying to some, but to others its the best way to watch a movie. Anyway, get "The New Guy", you just might like it.
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Summary: Mildy entertaining.
Review: From the the trailer previews I thought this was going to be a lot funnier than it was. I know its suppossed to be a corny comedy, but I had a hard time with this one. Vanilla Ice did a better job entertainig me in his 10 second cameo than the lead actor.
Only a few funny parts, and lack of any real acting (with the exception of Eliza Dushku), and just general predictability made this one not worth seeing again.
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Summary: 1 star for two actresses, otherwise it would be zero
Review: Last night I had the, well, I won't say pleasure so let's just say occurrence, of watching "The New Guy" on DVD. Yeesh. As most people who know me, or at least read what I write about movies on occasion, know that I'm pretty forgiving about movies. I don't expect Shakespeare when it's not meant to be Shakespeare. It's a good way to be, as there are lots of movies out there that aren't great by any means but have their charm. The New Guy ain't one of them. It's about this kid who enters his senior year hoping to be more than just a loser, gets horribly embarassed, goes to prison for a day or so for no real reason, gets the idea from an inmate he befriends that if he gets expelled and sent to a new school, he can start acting all tough and crazy and be popular, does so, and becomes so before the inevitable unveiling of who he used to be by the bullies at the old school. And of course all is forgiven because even though he supposedly has a reputation as a crazy killer of a guy at the new school, he still has a heart of gold. Throughout the movie we also see him in and out of prison, just visiting it appears, but still allowed in among all the kind-hearted inmates. And we see Jerry O'Connell and his brother who are way too old to still play high school guys. And we see football games that play out in mere minutes. And we see Eliza Dushku trying out bathing suits. That was the good part. The only good part in the whole movie. No wait, there was a second, Zooey Deschenal was in the movie. Do yourself a favor - don't see this movie. Don't be stupid like me. If given the choice between this movie and unnecessary dental work, choose the movie, but at least think hard about it before doing so.
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Summary: cheap comedy
Review: you know after only 10 minutes that this atrociously unfunny high-school comedy there were two scenes that made me laugh as hard as anything in any movie this year.
and the Part of the problem with The New Guy is that it's an R-rated film trapped in a PG-13 body. Like so many movies today, it is squeezed into a rating that will allow it to cater to teenagers, even though the material screams for more irreverence. the scene has to be staged so that you know what's happening without really seeing it, and that causes the whole joke to collapse under its own weight. By being so careful not to show too much, the editing totally distracts from what's happening. It feels awkward when it should be hilarious
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