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

[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.

Prison inmate Luther speaks directly to the camera in the opening, telling the story of Dizzy Gillespie Harrison, an 18-year-old nerdy high school senior in Austin, Texas.

Using a photo given to him by the prison inmates and help from his old friends, Dizzy manages to escape the party with his reputation intact.

Upon returning home, however, he finds his father has sold their house and quit work to supervise him, which results in them living in a trailer.

At school the next day, while East Highland still celebrates, Barclay confronts and attempts to fight Dizzy, but before he can do anything, he is attacked by the entire student body.

Barclay and Conner, who have joined forces to set a trap for Dizzy, play an embarrassing video of the librarian incident.

The consensus reads: "Incoherent, silly, and unoriginal, The New Guy offers up the same old teen gross-out comedy cliches.