Raul Faust
Movies involving campus and university are usually made for teenagers or young adults, since the thematic is basically parties, drugs and sex. However, "Dead Man on Campus", although using some of those elements, it has a different main plot. The idiosyncrasy of each character is showed all the time, delivering nice situations that happen due to the diversity of opinions that they have. Josh is a real student, whilst Cooper is a party guy who doesn't care about studying and getting prepared to the future. The acting as a whole is great, with highlights to Lochlyn Munro, who portrayed a extremely funny character. I couldn't stop laughing when he came in the scene, specially with all those unexpected screaming. The exception of great acting happens with Mark- Paul Gosselaar, whose job seemed to do a little... overacting. In the conversations scenes in the room, he seemed too conversationalist and gesticulatory for a normal dude. Also, it's interesting to notice that, albeit American society wasn't that liberal in the nineties, they've displayed Josh and Cooper as almost a couple, and they weren't antagonized for it. "Dead Man on Campus" is one of the most adult films involving college that I've ever seen, and I believe that young audience won't find it that good as I did.
bin_bags
Warning, this comment contains spoilers.The film Dead Man on Campus is one of the funniest, most re-watchable films I have ever seen in my life. It had me laughing from start to finish.Every scene with Cliff O'Malley was hilarious, especially when he attracts the police and ends up getting chased."You guys ever been in a high speed chase before? It's intense."The two main characters, Josh and Cooper, were also brilliant and the scene where they break into a building to get files had me in stitches!"I'm in"However I would only recommend it to you ifa) You have a sense of humor b) You're not easily offendedI'd definitely give this film 10/10.
MongrelMob
This film is one of the most underrated films i have ever seen. The film follows 2 roommates Coop and Josh and there plan to have a roommate kill himself so they can achieve straight A's. Although that storyline only comes in the second half of the film for the first half we just spend the time in college with the boys. The chemistry between the 2 leads is great and Mark Paul Gosselar sort of plays his role as Zack from SBTB for a more adult audience ( which i thought was genius), his charisma meant that I was never bored.why he never broke into the A list I don't know. but its all politics. It is one of the most quotable films i have ever seen,with so many great characters The comedy here is not for everyone but if you like films which don't take themselves seriously then this is for you. The soundtrack is also great and has Dust Brother as executive producers would you believe it (they did the soundtrack for fight club among others) The icing on the cake though is Cliff O Malley the insane party Animal who really should have got more screen time, he makes every scene he is in and I was just crying with laughter, he really is a match for Bluto. This film is great to watch with a bunch of mates I give it 9/10
gridoon
Can a comedy be likable and dismal at the same time? If your answer is "no", you obviously haven't seen "Dead Man On Campus" yet. On the one hand, this is a blatantly insensitive and tasteless film, with some moralizing thrown in at the end, as if the filmmakers want to convince you that yes, deep down inside, they know that suicide and depression are serious matters. On the other hand, there are some laughs, courtesy mostly of the much-mentioned "Cliff" guy, and some accurate observations about college life. On the whole this premise seems better suited to a thriller than to a comedy...I'll have to check out "Dead Man's Curve" sometime soon. (**)
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