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Dead Man on Campus

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Dead Man on Campus (1998)

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Reviews Counted:34

Fresh:5

Rotten:29

Average Rating:3.6/10

Consensus: Not much of a story.

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Dark comedy based on the apocryphal university policy of awarding straight A's to students whose roomates kill themselves. Two freshman dunces seek to boost their academic performance by inviting a... Dark comedy based on the apocryphal university policy of awarding straight A's to students whose roomates kill themselves. Two freshman dunces seek to boost their academic performance by inviting a series of depressed, self-destructive classmates to share their dormitory suite. [More]

Starring: Tom Everett Scott, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Poppy Montgomery, Lochlyn Munro

Starring: Tom Everett Scott, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Poppy Montgomery, Lochlyn Munro, Randy Pearlstein, Corey Page, Alyson Hannigan

Director: Alan Cohn

Director: Alan Cohn
Producer: Gale Anne Hurd
Screenwriter: Michael Traeger, Mike White
Composer: Mark Mothersbaugh

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Mar 9, 1999

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03/26/09
Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
Variety
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Maybe it was my low expectations, but I actually think that people will not appreciate how much suckage was avoided in the making of this film.

Full Review Source: Cinerina | comment Comment
10/24/01
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina

No review available.

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01/01/00
USA Today

All three would-be suicides are over the top and fun to watch. Too bad the film they're in seems to have been at least partly written and directed by Beavis and Butt-head.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Anita Gates
Anita Gates
New York Times

Have you seen the one about the college kids who try to get their roommate to kill himself so they can get straight As? Oh, you have?

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

No review available.

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09/29/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

Dead Man on Campus is 'good for a laugh.' As in ONE laugh.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
01/01/00
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

Just as dead as its title.

Full Review Source: Cinemaphile.org | comment Comment
01/01/00
David Keyes
David Keyes
Cinemaphile.org

No review available.

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10/24/04
Derek Smith
Derek Smith
Cinematic Reflections

If only the rest of the film could maintain the energy and crudeness of the Cliff scenes.

Full Review Source: NUVO Newsweekly | comment Comment
01/01/00
Edward Johnson-Ott
Edward Johnson-Ott
NUVO Newsweekly

This film is unendurable, but aside from that, it's also troubling.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
01/01/00
G. Allen Johnson
G. Allen Johnson
San Francisco Examiner

Dead Man on Campus is a dead movie at the multiplex.

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

It represents yet another reason to avoid the multiplexes until the late-year Oscar contenders start arriving.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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10/26/05
Jean-François Vandeuren
Jean-François Vandeuren
Panorama

Despite this film's interesting premise and dark subject matter, this movie sucks because it is unfunny, boring, and presents us with one of Tom Everett Scott's worst acting performances.

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
01/01/00
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

The trouble is that it's not remotely funny enough not to seem merely strained, silly and even disgusting in its ultimate endorsement of conning your way into academic survival.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
02/14/01
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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If you have a roommate you really want to see suffer, here's a suggestion: Buy him or her a ticket to Dead Man on Campus.

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04/12/02
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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This limp 1998 comedy tries hard to be both irreverent and ethical by suggesting that deceit motivated by self-interest is OK as long as no one gets hurt.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
06/16/08
Lisa Alspector
Lisa Alspector
Chicago Reader
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01/01/00
Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter
 
 
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