Another month, another teen movie. This month, it’s “”The New Guy,”” which shows how outcast high school senior Dizzy Harrison (DJ Qualls) manages to become the most popular guy in school.

After several humiliating experiences during his three years at a Texas high school, Dizzy decides that he wants to start over. After several failed attempts, his antics finally get him expelled and sent to prison.

In prison, he learns how to be cool with the help of his new friend Luther (Eddie Griffin). Upon his release, Dizzy begins his senior year at a new school where, with a lot of luck and help from his old friends, he becomes the most popular kid in school. He ends up uniting the school by breaking down the barriers between cliques and by supporting the football team to victory while capturing the heart of cheerleader Danielle (Eliza Dushku).

However, things start falling apart when a bully from his old school recognizes him and shows embarrassing videos of him at his homecoming dance. Of course, in the end he still gets the girl and realizes that what he thinks of himself is more important than what others think of him. The interesting thing about the ending is that it never shows if the rest of the school accepts him again.

The acting from the lead characters is fairly good; Qualls does a good job as Dizzy. Throughout the movie he does a decent job not of playing a cool guy, but of portraying a geeky kid who is pretending to be cool.

Griffin adds a lot to the movie as Luther, the con who teaches Dizzy how to be cool. His “”look”” (and whip sound effect) elicit laughs through the entire movie. The only dull spot is Dushku as Danielle. She plays the same cheerleader who dumps her jerk of a boyfriend to be with the uncool — but so much nicer — guy that has been in countless movies.

“”The New Guy”” does give the audience quite a bit to laugh at. Some of the best laughs of the movie can be attributed to cameo appearances by such celebrities as Tony Hawk, Tommy Lee, Gene Simmons and Vanilla Ice, to name a few. There are also a few good jabs taken at Texas and its law enforcement.

And as a PG-13 movie, there is less graphic humor than is prevalent in many of the recent teen movies.

Another upside to the movie is the music. It has quite a range in styles: From rap to soul to rock, the music adds plenty of character to the movie.

Like most teen movies, “”The New Guy”” is an unrealistic story of high school, cast with actors and actresses who look like they graduated high school in the ’80s. However, it can be entertaining, and it tries to be somewhat tasteful. Overall, it is a good movie for just sitting back and laughing at, yet it is just another teen movie.

** 1/2

Starring DJ Qualls, Eddie Griffin, and Eliza Dushku

In Theaters May 10

Rated PG-13