Truly Dreadful Film

the audience applauded

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

I'm not sure about all the hate, I have certainly seen worse movies. It was exactly what I was expecting. Silly fun.Plot In A Paragraph: Josh (Tom Everett Scott) gets in to college on a scholarship, and Cooper (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) is assigned as his roommate. Cooper does little work and spends all the time partying. The normally hard working Josh is led astray by Cooper's lifestyle and spends the first half of his first semester partying instead of studying, and flunks all of his mid-terms. To his horror he then finds out if he doesn't score an A+++, he will lose his scholarship. Meanwhile, Cooper's father threatens to pull his funding if he does not get a passing grade this semester. They find out about an academic rule that says that if a student's roommate commits suicide then the roommates get perfect grades for that semester, regardless of any previous academic standing. They set out to find roommates who are likely to commit suicide.Annoying at times, ridiculous at others and yet it has darkly funny moments too. Especially Buckley Schrank, a computer nerd who thinks Bill Gates wants his brain. Mark-Paul Gosselaar turns in a brilliant performance, that reminds me of Rob Lowe's performance in "Class" I enjoyed seeing a pre "American Pie" and "How I Met Your Mother" Alyson Hannigan in a supporting role, and her future on screen husband Jason Segel in a small role

I was drawn to this film because Randy Pearlstein (Buckley) is a mentor of mine and Lochlyn Munro is the funniest actor on the planet. If you don't think so watch the first 20 minutes of Scary Movie, and Night at the Roxbury. This film lives on their performances alone. Josh and Cooper are freshman. Cooper didn't come to school to study and Josh, on a scholarship, can't make decisions for himself. Cooper gets Josh wasted, gets him laid, but gets him failing his classes. (Literally F,F,F,F,F) Cooper gets busted up by his dad who tells him he's going to be working in the mill, devoid of all sunlight, if he doesn't pick up his grades. Josh doesn't have Cooper's family money, so he needs the scholarship to stay in school. Solution, find an unstable roommate to move in, and make them kill themselves. This is like a SAW! It's fun to see Jason Segel, Linda Cardinelli, Alyson Hannigan look young, and play funny college students. However leading men Tom Scott, and Mark Gosselaar come off as really annoying and sometimes undistinguishable. It's UNBEARABLE when Josh repeats "my guy". Cooper is an unlikable bad influence. (Steve Stifler had some heart) There's nothing the film establishes about Cooper that's good for Josh. Josh's love interest could have been better developed. The patchy ending isn't to my liking either. It's definitely ALL dumb fun leading up to its silly, interesting premise and especially when they're testing suicide candidates. But when it's time to get down to it, the climax, the drama, there's really nothing to be taken serious. Lochlyn Munro needs a leading role as this character he played in the late 90s.

Under the influence of perpetually partying roommate Mark-Paul Gosselaar (as Cooper Frederickson), medical student Tom Everett Scott (as Josh Miller) trades in his books for beer and bong hits. After failing his mid-terms, Mr. Scott joins Mr. Gosselaar in a fool-proof plan to avoid flunking out of "Daleman College." The school automatically awards straight "A" grades to anyone residing in the same housing unit as a student who commits suicide. Now, the duo must find a suicidal candidate and help him over the edge. Prospects include daredevil party animal Lochlyn Munro (as Cliff O'Malley), psycho computer geek Randy Pearlstein (as Buckley Schrank) and presumably depressed rocker Corey Page (as Matt Noonan)..."Dead Man on Campus" turns a silly situation into fun college hijinks...The atmosphere and characters border authentic, for the times. The biggest "A" goes to Gosselaar, who is the guiding force. Trading in his "Saved by the Bell" blond hair-dye for dark, he is obviously schooled in comic acting. Alan Cohn orchestrates everyone well, and there are a couple of memorable segue moments; the transition from bed sheets to classroom is a highlight. Girls have little to do except remind us that Scott and Gosselaar are probably not having sex (with each other). In this respect, pretty blonde Poppy Montgomery (as Rachel Gilmore) goes to the head of the class... There is much drug use and dirty words, but little skin. Suicidal tendencies and the characters' actions are resolved in a positive manner, but without much depth. ****** Dead Man on Campus (8/1/98) Alan Cohn ~ Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tom Everett Scott, Poppy Montgomery, Lochlyn Munro

In this film two college roommates, Josh(Tom Everitt-Scott) and Coop(Mark Paul Gosseler), find out there is such a thing as having TOO much fun in college. And with Josh being on an academic scholarship, and Coop's father threatening a future in the family toilet scrubbing business. Realize there's nothing left to do but....that's right, get drunk. While in their stupor they enter a conversation with former alumni from their college. And are enlightened to an old rule stating that any student who's roommate commits suicide, gets an automatic 4.0 GPA. And since neither wishes to "take one for the team", set-out to find the most suicidal person on Campus.This is a great comedic film. While campy in some respects, there are a number of great characters especially that of Cliff(Lochlyn Munro)who basically makes the movie. And the chemistry between the two leads is phenomenal. Viewers be wary, though. This movie does tend to get less funny after the thirtieth time you've watched it.