| View Larger Image | The New Guy | Video On DemandStarring: DJ Qualls, Eliza Dushku, Zooey Deschanel, Jerod Mixon, Parry Shen
Directed By: Ed Decter
Also With: Ed Decter (Producer), Michael Fottrell (Producer), Greg Silverman (Producer), John J. Strauss (Producer)
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| | Binding: | Video On Demand | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 89 minutes | | Studio: | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Release Date: | October 01, 2008 | | Genre: | Comedy | | Synopsis: | Dizzy Harrison is an unpopular, high school geek going through a hellish senior year. In an attempt to make a new identity for himself, Dizzy gets himself expelled from his high school, learns the technics of being cool from a prison inmate, and enrolls at a new high school under the alias Gil Harris, to make new friends where he soon gains respect from the jocks and geeks alike. Dizzy then gets noticed by the head cheerleader, Danielle, and helps the school football team gain self-respect to win games. But things unknowingly begin to turn sour when Danielle's disgruntled boyfriend begins investigating into "Gil Harris'" past to uncover any dirt on him. | | Sales Rank: | 3,828rd |
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 5 reviews)
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ending ruined it for me by Margaux Paschke (New York)  4 Stars
July 24, 2008
This movie is for viewers who like something different. It's not your typical office comedy. It starts out funny and veers straight into weird and suspenseful but then hits a brick wall (or cubicle wall in this instance) and crashes into a heap of inane. Getting to the end was too sloppy for me to really recommend this film but I gave it 4 stars for almost making a truly original film.
This film is about the true horrors of the first day at a new job for a typical guy trying to find his way in the corporate stucture that he now has to inhabit. The office has a bit of a cult-like atmosphere with the building ID being a highly coveted item. This film has moments of hilarity that make it worth viewing (the voice mail left for his date was great) once but once only.
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Classic comedy and true suspense by Lula McBride (New York City)  5 Stars
August 06, 2006
The director has a great ability with a classic kind of physical and situational comedy ala early silent films and Buster Keaton (helped along by the lead actor's superb performance). Also, in stark contrast, the director demonstrates he can create a highly unnerving feeling of suspense from the first moment in the film.
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Unexpectedly Great: Dark and Bright Both by Kevin Atkinson (Chicago, Illinois) 5 Stars
December 12, 2005
I happened to see this movie in New York last year. It was a smaller movie, and I didn't know quite what to expect. I'm glad I saw it, because it was one of the most original fllms I saw all year. The director has a sense of black comedy that you don't really see too much of anymore -- it wasn't obvious or thickheaded -- and the actors, while not recognizeable figures from tv or other movies, did a great job with the material. It's one of those movies that just has a good feel to it. You'll be happy you watched it.
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The ultimate office satire... by Esteban C. (Queens, NY) 5 Stars
October 04, 2005
Anybody who has ever worked an office job MUST see this movie. It's hilarious! The scene with the coffee maker is priceless.
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Interesting and scary comedy/thriller by Reina W. (Buffalo, NY) 4 Stars
September 30, 2005
This movie is a very-well acted, extremely low-budget thriller that starts off as a comedy, then turns into a horror movie, but still ends as a comedy, sort of. A lot of these cheap independent thrillers tend to be very artsy and weird. This one is definitely weird, but it also has some conventional elements (in a good sense). The acting is great. The lead actor, Kelly Miller, looks familiar but I checked and it doesn't look like he's been in any other movies. He sort of looks like what the guy in "Shaun of the Dead" might look like without his goatee.
It feels like your average office comedy at first (I think fans of "Office Space" and "Haiku Tunnel" will like this movie) but something is off...Strange things happen, people whisper about scary goings-on, and eventually you get the sense that something awful is about to happen. And it does, sort of. The ending isn't very climactic, it leaves lots of questions, and some viewers will probably be disappointed by that part of the movie. But it makes you think, and there is something very interesting about a film that doesn't answer all the questions posed by its story.
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