College freshmen Josh and Cooper 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.
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.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Jun 2008
fresh:
Dead Man on Campus is a modestly amusing trifle that merits a passing grade as lightweight entertainment.
– Joe Leydon,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
Oddly, the troubled Cliff is more sympathetic than the two self-involved protagonists.
– Dave Kehr,
New York Daily News,
15 Jul 2014
rotten:
The material is mostly predictable, moronic and deadly dull.
– Monica Eng,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jul 2014
rotten:
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.