Dead Man on Campus

Name: Dead Man on Campus
Director: Alan Cohn
Released: 1998

Synopsis

Two college roommates venture out to identify a fellow student, who is most likely to commit suicide as it will help them pass the semester.

60
The New York Times
A predictably dumb movie made for very young audiences, playing to youth's love of excess and loaded with masturbation jokes.
50
Chicago Reader
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.
42
Entertainment Weekly
As a satire of new-style collegiate types, this MTV production actually evinces a few germs of rancid wit.
38
ReelViews
Unfortunately for the poor viewer trapped into sitting through this 95 minute mess, the humor is both conventional and unfunny, the script never takes any chances, and the ending is a cop-out.
25
San Francisco Chronicle
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.
25
San Francisco Examiner
Dead Man on Campus, a supposed black comedy produced by MTV, is simply awful.
20
Austin Chronicle
A dark comedy caught in a white-light washout, it's neither mean enough to be funny, nor funny enough to mean much.
10
The A.V. Club
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.