Dead Man on Campus

Name: Dead Man on Campus
Genre: Comedy
Released: August 21, 1998
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 27
Cast: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tom Everett Scott

1998

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: August 21, 1998 | R

Starring: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tom Everett Scott

Summary: Tom Everett Scott and Mark-Paul Gosselaar play new roommates Josh and Cooper. Josh is the studious type, Cooper's the nothing-succeeds-like-excess guy--a lifestyle that rubs off on Josh and soon has both in danger of
flunking out. But there's a catch: a clause in the schools charter awards A's to students who suffer the trauma of aTom Everett Scott and Mark-Paul Gosselaar play new roommates Josh and Cooper. Josh is the studious type, Cooper's the nothing-succeeds-like-excess guy--a lifestyle that rubs off on Josh and soon has both in danger of
flunking out. But there's a catch: a clause in the schools charter awards A's to students who suffer the trauma of a roommate's suicide. So Josh and Cooper set out to find a suicidal roomie who is, uh, Most Likely To Succeed.
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Director: Alan Cohn

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 96 min

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Joe Leydon

Although it falls far short of fulfilling its full potential as a dark comedy of desperation, Dead Man on Campus is a modestly amusing trifle that merits a passing grade as lightweight entertainment. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Sandra Contreras

The story's not much, but this dark comedy contains moments of unexpected wit. Read full review

Anita Gates

A predictably dumb movie made for very young audiences, playing to youth's love of excess and loaded with masturbation jokes. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Dead Man on Campus, a supposed black comedy produced by MTV, is simply awful. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

The overall premise, involving mental illness and suicide, isn't all that funny, at least not in practice, and the picture begins to seem labored and long. Read full review

Marc Savlov

A dark comedy caught in a white-light washout, it's neither mean enough to be funny, nor funny enough to mean much. Read full review

Liam Lacey

The product of a first-time director and writers who have no sense of scene structure or shape, or even a discernible sense of humour. Read full review

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May 22, 2023

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marcmyworks

Feb 17, 2019

One of those, 'it's so bad it's good' type films. I really enjoy how ridiculously 90s this film is including Mark-Paul Goseelaar, Alyson Hannigan and even Jason Segel who I didn't even realize was on the scene at that time.

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