Tom Everett Scott, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Poppy Montgomery

Two college roommates go out and party, resulting in bad grades. They learn of the clause that says, "If your roommate dies, you get an A," and decide to find someone who is on the verge, so to speak,...( read more  read more... ) to move in with them.

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34 critics

R, 94 min.

Directed by: Alan Cohn

Release Date: August 21, 1998

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DVD Release Date: March 9, 1999

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  • February 26, 2008
    One of the better American college movies due to a great and simple premise "If your roommate dies, you get an A", which makes for a great comedy.
  • January 24, 2008
    Several hilarious moments that induced such intense laughter that I cried.
  • November 23, 2007
    decent with funny scenes
  • October 31, 2007
    One of my very top favorite movies from highschool! Its so hard to find a DVD of this.


    Movie Quotes: "You can't sing show tunes and be depressed!"


    Zeke: This is my brother's Ritalin. Ritalin's good for studying math or science, just don't try to write English ...( read more)papers on it or it won't make any sense. Enjoy that!
  • August 12, 2007
    kill kill kill
  • September 18, 2009
    "I can hear my heartbeat through my penis!!!"
  • July 16, 2009
    This turned out to be a very funny comedy. I heard of this film from word of mouth from friends. So I checked it out thinking it would be okay. But it turned out to be quite funny. Basically the film is about two college roomates who are looking for a third roomate who is depres...( read more)sed and will commit suicide. This is because of a school clause states if a roomate dies then they automatically get a "A" in all their courses. Silly but a fun story. The film stars Tom Everett Scoot and Mark-Paul Gosselaar who is famous for playing Zack in the Saved by the Bell days. They are both funny in this. But it is the crazy roomate played by actor Lochlyn Munro who is great. Such a crazy character and funny. I have seen many typical college films but this one was very funny and has a great story. Well worth checking out.
  • June 11, 2009
    this movie ended up being a lot funnier than i though it would be..."you're not even british!"
  • June 4, 2009
    An urban legend made into a really stupid movie.
  • May 24, 2009
    very underrated comedy.

Critic Reviews


April 12, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

If you have a roommate you really want to see suffer, here's a suggestion: Buy him or her a ticket to Dead Man on Campus. full review

January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, 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. full review

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    March 7, 2008
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