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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- A predictably dumb movie made for very young audiences, playing to youth's love of excess and loaded with masturbation jokes.
- 50Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorThis limp 1998 comedy tries hard to be both irreverent and ethical by suggesting that deceit motivated by self-interest is OK as long as no one gets hurt.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanAs a satire of new-style collegiate types, this MTV production actually evinces a few germs of rancid wit.
- 38ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliUnfortunately for the poor viewer trapped into sitting through this 95 minute mess, the humor is both conventional and unfunny, the script never takes any chances, and the ending is a cop-out.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThe 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.
- 25San Francisco ExaminerG. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco ExaminerG. Allen JohnsonDead Man on Campus, a supposed black comedy produced by MTV, is simply awful.
- 20Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovA dark comedy caught in a white-light washout, it's neither mean enough to be funny, nor funny enough to mean much.
- 10The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsIt'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.
- 10Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasUnder Alan Cohn's straight-on direction, the film, written by various hands, huffs and puffs mightily just to keep a strenuously labored plot going.
- 0The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe product of a first-time director and writers who have no sense of scene structure or shape, or even a discernible sense of humour.