Two college roommates go out and party, resulting in bad grades. They learn of the 'if your roommate dies, you get an A' clause, and decide to find someone who is 'on the verge' so to speak to move in with them.
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.
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.
Dead Man on Campus is a modestly amusing trifle that merits a passing grade as lightweight entertainment.
Entertainment Weekly
June 16, 2008
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.
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.
