The New Guy is a
American teen comedy directed by
Ed Decter. The film tells the story of a
high school loser Dizzy Gillespie Harrison.
Dizzy is an unpopular, high school band 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 how to be cool from a prison inmate, and enrolls at a new high school under the alias Gil Harris. He is quick to make new friends and soon gains respect from jocks and geeks alike, uniting a once divided school and 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.
In certain ways, this movie can be thought up as a modern day
Pygmalion story for its potrayal of a social pariah's rise to popularity.
