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... [More]
Starring: Tom Everett Scott, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Poppy Montgomery, Lochlyn Munro
Director: Alan Cohn
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Reviews for Dead Man on Campus
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Surpise, surprise! This college comedy is better than you'd expect. Full Review |
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An education in cheap, easy laughs. Full Review |
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One of the best comedies of the 90's! Once is never enough!
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Dead Man will remind any college grad of the fun and freedom of freshman year, and the wide variety of personalities met there. Full Review |
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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 |
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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. Full Review |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. Full Review |
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