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The New Guy (2002)
The film is only stupid, but the protagonist is *annoying*
OK it's pretty obvious that this film is awful. In fact I only watched it because I mistook it for The New Guy 2003 The first real mistake of the film is the casting (I won't comment on Eddie Griffin, his name is enough of a trademark for bad films) -the so-called 'New Guy', DJ Quills, is a pretty bad choice under so many aspects. First of all, he is far too old for the part -which is pretty common, but what makes it much worse here is that this guy already looks ten years older than he actually is. Then, I have to say that even if I don't usually pay too much attention to this, here the lack of a decent script and anything anyway funny forced me to dwell on the protagonist's ugliness. This guy is far too abominably looking for any part!! How could he ever be believable in the role of the charming new guy?! The script doesn't help him either. The situations are recycled from whatever z-series American comedy, with easy jokes (people recorded while at the toilet) and tired stereotypes (cheerleaders, the jerk boyfriend, everyone in the high school behaving as a lobotomised mass). And where on earth could it be funny to see a super-skinny guy dressed as a general on a football pitch, throwing pseudo-quotes around?? More than that: do we really believe that that's going to make him popular in a high school?? The only actually funny parts were when the protagonist was being beaten up. They were trite and predictable, but at least that annoying skinny guy got what he deserved for a while. I have to admit: I didn't manage to watch through the whole film, so I might have missed some even more awful parts. Sorry about that. But I tried to watch a few scenes here and there, to see where it was heading (Nowhere).