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Movie critics combined give New Guy, The (2002) a score of 1.9160 out of 4
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New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine (Alan Morrison)Empire Magazine (Alan Morrison)
Likeable characters and a cliched but meatier-than-usual story for a teen comedy. ...read the complete New Guy movie review at Empire Magazine (Alan Morrison)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
The New Guy does have a heart. Now, if it only had a brain. ...read the complete New Guy movie review at New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 2.32 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
A 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. ...read the complete New Guy movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
An occasional one-liner rises to the level of near-wit... Most everything else ranges from routine to heavy-handed. ...read the complete New Guy movie review at Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
It makes little sense, fails as often as it succeeds, and yet is not hateful and is sometimes quite cheerfully original. ...read the complete New Guy movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Todd Anthony)South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Todd Anthony)
How many times must we watch the same stale story about the high school loser who undergoes a miraculous transformation into Joe Cool? ...read the complete New Guy movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Todd Anthony)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
... the same tired old gags, modernized for the extreme sports generation. There's already been too many of these films... ...read the complete New Guy movie review at MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (Eli Sanders)Seattle Times (Eli Sanders)
The film's thoroughly recycled plot and tiresome jokes ... drag the movie down. ...read the complete New Guy movie review at Seattle Times (Eli Sanders)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Shouldn't have been allowed to use the word "new" in its title, because there's not an original character, siuation or joke in the entire movie. ...read the complete New Guy movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Jonathan Foreman)New York Post (Jonathan Foreman)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
DJ Qualls stars in "The New Guy" as a high school misfit who switches schools and gets a fresh start. At Rocky Creek, he was the target of cruel jokes almost daily (sample: being tied to a chair while wearing false breasts), but now, at Eastland High and ...read the complete New Guy movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
This is one of those juvenile American comedies that's not quite sure what it wants to be: goofy farce, gross-out mayhem, sweet rom-com, what-I've-learned TV movie. ...read the complete New Guy movie review at Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Ed Decter's first big break in the movie biz came as the co-writer for the original script of the Farrelly brothers film There's Something About Mary, and it seems like he's borrowed a page from them himself. The New Guy is little more than an amalgam of ...read the complete New Guy movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for DVD Clinic (Scott Weinberg)DVD Clinic (Scott Weinberg)
Nothing more than four or five mild chuckles surrounded by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy. ...read the complete New Guy movie review at DVD Clinic (Scott Weinberg)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
There's no getting around the fact that this is Revenge Of The Nerds Revisited -- again. ...read the complete New Guy movie review at Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Oz)eFilmCritic.com (Oz)
It's far from cinema at its finest, and it never really bothers to aim higher than the groin, but did I mention Eliza Dushku tries on a variety of swimsuits? ...read the complete New Guy movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Oz)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)The New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
The same old lame high school screen comedy garbage, rehashed for a new generation of suckers. ...read the complete New Guy movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
It isn't very good, but it doesn’t seem to care, which turns out to be rather refreshing. ...read the complete New Guy movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for The Onion (A.V. Club) (Nathan Rabin)The Onion (A.V. Club) (Nathan Rabin)
A comedy just funny enough to make viewers wish it were far funnier. ...read the complete New Guy movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Nathan Rabin)
New Guy, The (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Las Vegas Mercury (Bob Grimm)Las Vegas Mercury (Bob Grimm)
Qualls is a good performer, has a true sense of comic timing, and will hopefully appear in films of higher quality in the future. ...read the complete New Guy movie review at Las Vegas Mercury (Bob Grimm)
 
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