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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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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/26/09
Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
Variety
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As a satire of new-style collegiate types, this MTV production actually evinces a few germs of rancid wit. If only the laborious high-concept plot had been deep-sixed -- and, along with it, the cynically blah heroes.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
06/16/08
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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It is a movie whose appeal will diminish in direct proportion to the number of years it has been since you were a sexually-frustrated, pimply-faced undergrad.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
06/16/08
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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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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Surpise, surprise! This college comedy is better than you'd expect.

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06/16/08
Sandra Contreras
Sandra Contreras
TV Guide's Movie Guide

An education in cheap, easy laughs.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
11/05/06
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

No review available.

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10/26/05
Jean-François Vandeuren
Jean-François Vandeuren
Panorama

No review available.

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

One of the best comedies of the 90's! Once is never enough!

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03/11/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

No review available.

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01/07/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

No review available.

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10/24/04
Derek Smith
Derek Smith
Cinematic Reflections

No review available.

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11/04/03
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

Dead Man will remind any college grad of the fun and freedom of freshman year, and the wide variety of personalities met there.

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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online

Some of the endless drug-sex-rock-’n’-roll gags are cute, but most are so paper-thin they disintegrate on contact with fresh air.

Full Review Source: Cincinnati Enquirer | comment Comment
10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer

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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03/24/02
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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.

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10/24/01
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina

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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01/01/00
USA Today
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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.

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01/01/00
Anita Gates
Anita Gates
New York Times
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