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The New Guy is a 2002 American teen comedy film directed by Ed Decter and written by David Kendall. Produced by Revolution Studios, Bedlam Pictures, and Frontier Pictures, the movie features a cast including DJ Qualls, Eliza Dushku, Zooey Deschanel, and Lyle Lovett. The narrative is set in Texas and explores themes of high school life, dual identity, and prison experiences.
The film has a runtime of 88 minutes and was originally released in English. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures and Netflix, with a video on demand format also utilized. Financial details indicate a budget of $13,000,000 and revenue of $31,200,000. Critical reception includes a review score of 7%, 3.3/10, and 24/100, while audience ratings list an average of 5.929 on TMDb and 5.8 on IMDb.
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5.9Nerdy high school senior Dizzy Harrison has finally gotten lucky -- after purposely getting expelled, he takes lessons in 'badass cool' from a convict and enrolls at a new school. But can he keep up the ruse?
Cast
- DJ Qualls as Dizzy Harrison / Gil Harris
- Eliza Dushku as Danielle
- Zooey Deschanel as Nora
- Lyle Lovett as Bear Harrison
- Jerod Mixon as Kirk
- Illeana Douglas as Kiki Pierce
Themes
- prison
- high school
- dual identity
- identity
- cheerleader
- loser
- bullying
- jock
- bully
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- teen film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Ed Decter
- Screenwriter
- David Kendall
- Cast member
- Horatio Sanz
- Production company
- Revolution Studios
- Narrative location
- Texas
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 269035
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2002-10-31
- title
- The New Guy
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 24/100
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