Rotten
A comedy just funny enough to make viewers wish it were far funnier.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Overview
Nerdy high school senior Dizzy Harrison has finally gotten lucky -- after purposely getting expelled, he takes lessons in 'badass cool' from a convict and enrolls at a new school. But can he keep up the ruse?
Director and cast
- Ed Decter Director
- DJ Qualls as Dizzy Harrison/Gil Harris
- Matthew Lee Pelosi as Dizzy Harrison (at a younger age)
- Eliza Dushku as Danielle
- Zooey Deschanel as Nora
- Lyle Lovett as Bear Harrison
- Jerod Mixon as Kirk
- Illeana Douglas as Kiki Pierce
- Parry Shen as Glen
- Kurt Fuller as Mr. Undine
- Julius Carry Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
7%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Distinguished by certain rodent-like features, Qualls is a bargain-basement, pre-adult version of David Spade -- and becomes just as tiresome.
Robert Koehler, Variety
Rotten
It isn't very good, but it doesn't seem to care, which turns out to be rather refreshing.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Never gets on the good foot.
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Rotten
This is a truly awful movie, made from one of the worst scripts in memory. The New Guy has been on the shelf for more than a year, and it's clear the reason for the long wait wasn't perfectionism. More likely, it was embarrassment.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
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