The New Guy

Now this is a great movie. It stars DJ Qualls as Dizzy Harrison. Dizzy is a huge nerd who longs for his senior year in high school to be different. He tries to update his image by getting kicked out of school, but it does not work until many attempts. They send him to prison. In prison he meets Luther, played by Eddie Griffin. Luther teaches him how to be tough and changes his look completely. He is let out of prison and he returns to a different school where girls now throw themselves at him and he is finally living the life he wanted. Popularity is what he now has . But only if his past is not uncovered.
Gene Simmons from KISS has a small role in this film as well. It also stars Lyle Lovett, Eliza Dushku, Zooey Deschanel, Jerod Mixon, Kyle Gass, Justine Johnson, and Parry Shen.