The New Guy

The New Guy
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ed Decter
Written by	David Kendall
Produced by	Todd Garner Gordon Gray Mark Ciardi
Starring	DJ Qualls Eliza Dushku Zooey Deschanel Lyle Lovett Eddie Griffin
Cinematography	Michael D. O'Shea
Edited by	David Rennie
Music by	Ralph Sall
Production companies	Columbia Pictures Revolution Studios Frontier Pictures Bedlam Pictures
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date	May 10, 2002 (2002-05-10)
Running time	88 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$13 million
Box office	$31,167,388

The New Guy is a 2002 American teen comedy film directed by Ed Decter, written by David Kendall and starring DJ Qualls and Eliza Dushku.

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.^[2] 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.