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Dead Man on Campus

Comedy Two students, one, a slacker, and the other, a student on scholarship, find out in their college's charter that if your roomate commits suicide, you get straight As for your grief. They then go looking for the perfect roomate when the student on scholarship starts to fail his classes.
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United StatesUnited States
Variety
Variety
"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"  POS
United StatesUnited States TV Guide "The story's not much, but this dark comedy contains moments of unexpected wit." NEU
United StatesUnited States
San Francisco Chronicle
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"  NEG
United StatesUnited States
The New York Times
The New York Times
"A predictably dumb movie made for very young audiences" NEU
CanadaCanada
The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail
"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." NEG
United StatesUnited States
The Washington Post
The Washington Post
"The bad news is that the opening credits, which make sick and darkly comic allusions to suicide, are the best thing about the film"  NEU
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