The New Guy
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 48 Ratings
- Starring: DJ Qualls, Lyle Lovett
- Summary: A hilarious story about wiping the slate clean and reinventing yourself. (Sony)
- Director: Ed Decter
- Genre(s): Comedy
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Positive: 2 out of 23
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Mixed: 6 out of 23
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Negative: 15 out of 23
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63If 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.
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58A 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.
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38Tries everything possible to win you over -- satire, gross-out comedy, even earnest romance. But as any high-schooler can tell you, the harder you try, the bigger you fall.
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25You have to have faith that kids will recognize a bad movie when it's foisted on them -- and they don't get much worse than The New Guy.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 24 out of 34
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Mixed: 1 out of 34
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Negative: 9 out of 34
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KevinM10I 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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[Anonymous]10Movie critics don't know anything anyway. They're hired to complain.
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Josh0Why 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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