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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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Reviews for Dead Man on Campus
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.
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.
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?
If only the rest of the film could maintain the energy and crudeness of the Cliff scenes.
It represents yet another reason to avoid the multiplexes until the late-year Oscar contenders start arriving.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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