Dead Man on Campus

R

Released Aug 21, 1998

1 hr. 33 min.

Comedy

List

15%

47 Reviews

Tomatometer

55%

25,000+ Ratings

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College freshmen Josh (Tom Everett Scott) and Cooper (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) are more interested in hitting the bottle than in hitting the books -- and their poor grades are set to get them kicked out of school. Their only hope of passing is to find a roommate who will kill himself. That's because an oddball college code states that a suicide victim's roommates automatically get straight A's. But sharing space with a lineup of lunatics proves enough to drive both boys crazy.

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Not much of a story.

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Carlos L

My name is Cliff, brother of Joe. I got me some crack, I want me some hoe. This is an amazingly funny movie. Watch it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/13/23

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Rick B

Cult classic! Terrific dark comedy reminiscent of the Coen brothers. If you liked Half Baked or Super Troopers or Harold and Kumar then add this to a list of favorites!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/12/23

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Audience Member

The performances make it a head scratcher that the reviews are so low. The plot is dumb but the movie wouldn’t some how work. If it wasn’t for the cast.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Huge Chrome P

It's no masterpiece, but Dead Man on Campus does sport a morbidly splendid premise and an insane frat boy roomie that's legitimately hilarious. Outside of his antics there's little that works.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Shane B

this movie remains (and probably always will remain) the only movie I've ever fallen asleep to in a theater. worst movie ever

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/26/22

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Audience Member

Extremely underrated college comedy. Among my peers we consider this a classic alongside Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Animal house, Real genius, Revenge of the Nerds, and a bunch of other college comedy classics. But this one is easily among our most re-watched! And in the words of Cliff to anyone that doesn't agree, "they can just suck my quiet c**k"!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Alan Cohn

Director

Tom Everett Scott

Josh Miller

Mark-Paul Gosselaar

Cooper Frederickson

Poppy Montgomery

Rachel Gillmore

Lochlyn Munro

Clifford 'Cliff' O'Malley

Randy Pearlstein

Buckley Schrank

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Keith Phipps

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It's all handled so poorly that it comes off as more ghoulish than anything else, although those who find the word "bong" instantly entertaining and are easily distracted by the presence of flickering images may be amused.

Jul 15, 2014

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Monica Eng

Chicago Tribune

The material is mostly predictable, moronic and deadly dull.

Jul 15, 2014

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Dave Kehr

New York Daily News

Oddly, the troubled Cliff is more sympathetic than the two self-involved protagonists.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 15, 2014

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Jae-Ha Kim

Jae-Ha Kim

A couple of irresponsible college freshmen slack off all semester and freak out when they realize they are about to flunk out of school. Knowing that roommates of students who die by suicide get automatic A's ... well, you get the picture.

Rated: 1/4

Jul 27, 2023

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Chris Kaltenbach

Baltimore Sun

The jokes are few. And the only real reason you'll laugh is that, by the time they appear on screen, you've been waiting so long for the opportunity, you'll laugh at anything.

Rated: 1/4

Jul 15, 2014

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Todd Anthony

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

This Dead Man is a stiff.

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Synopsis

College freshmen Josh (Tom Everett Scott) and Cooper (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) are more interested in hitting the bottle than in hitting the books -- and their poor grades are set to get them kicked out of school. Their only hope of passing is to find a roommate who will kill himself. That's because an oddball college code states that a suicide victim's roommates automatically get straight A's. But sharing space with a lineup of lunatics proves enough to drive both boys crazy.

Director: Alan Cohn
Executive Producer: David Gale, Van Toffler
Screenwriter: Anthony Abrams, Adam Larson Broder, Michael Traeger, Mike White
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: MTV Films, Pacific Western
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 21, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $15.1M
Sound Mix: Surround, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1), 35mm

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