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The Curve (Dead Man's Curve) (1998)

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Dan Rosen directed this thriller, filmed in and around Baltimore, based on the college urban legend that you get a cool 4.0 semester grade if your roommate commits suicide. Roommates Rand (Randall Batinkoff), manipulative Tim (Matthew Lillard), and good-guy Chris (Michael Vartan) are seniors at a university where this legend is legit. Since Rand mistreats his pregnant girlfriend Natalie (Tamara Craig Thomas), he's the obvious choice. Tim gets Cliff to assist in Rand's "suicidal" leap from a

R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

Dan Rosen

Jun 5, 2001

Trimark

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All Critics (12) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (7) | DVD (4)

Rosen isn't quite clever enough as either a writer or a director to pull off the multiple twists 'Curve' finally takes. The satiric edge and much of the movie's logic disappear in its last 20 minutes.

July 15, 2003 Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | Comment
Kalamazoo Gazette

So concerned about its plot that it doesn't pay much attention at all to its characters, and therefore, the film only comes off feeling even more empty-headed.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | Comment
DustinPutman.com

Rare that you'll see this many moronic plot twists in just one movie.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
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The only film I can say I like that has Matthew Lillard in it!

September 29, 2009
SirPant

Super Reviewer

Dumb movie...at least in Dead Man on Campus they had the sense to use the whole "if your roomate kills him/herself you get straight A's" legend to make a comedy.

March 1, 2007
purplemegan

Super Reviewer

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