"Scream"'s Matthew Lilard is at his insane best in this variation on student life. Unlike another film which took a comic approach to the "dead roommate equals good grades", this film is deadly serious. Good performances aside, the script meanders and lacks true thrills, making it slow going at times. But hang in for the ending - as usual, the best part of the curve is the twist.
59 Reviews
Don't kill yourself to live
stamper28 September 2005
I really didn't expect much of Dead Man's Curve at first but I became immediately thrilled once I started watching it. The performances (especially Matthew Lillard) were great and I just dig it when a bad guy thrives as much as Lillard did in this movie. The bigger part of the film was pretty good and would have easily been rewarded with a 7 or maybe even a 7,5 but in the end it just didn't get away with it. In the end Dead Man's Curve just becomes one of those thrillers that wants to be too smart and too original / surprising, resulting in a very annoying and unbelievable ending. It would be rightful to say that by introducing twist after twist after twist the filmmaker succeeded in breaking the movie's neck. Since the ending for me was a big fat 3 out of 10 I find it very hard to make a recommendation regarding this film.
6 out of 10
6 out of 10
Lillard at his best
roland-2716 June 1999
Matthew Lillard always manages to be the shining light of a film. He was great in Scream, even better in She's All That,and somehow managed to go one better in Dead Man's Curve. It doesn't matter how bad the film is, you can always count on Matthew Lillard. He plays disturbed killer Tim who, with the help of his room mate Chris(michael vartan), plots to kill other room mate Rand(randall bakinkoff). The story gets even more intense however, when Chris' girlfriend finds out. Lillard gives a fantastic performance(as always). The rest of the cast though, trail behind. They're not terrible, but they're just not as watchable as Lillard who plays his psycho killer with acute accuracy. In my opinion, Lillard is one of Hollywood's best up and coming actors. He has a superb career ahead of him and this film is one huge stepping stone that will be remembered as his leap to success. Top film with a fun and twisted story that will keep you hypnotized throughout. Rating=5/5
He'd rather kill than study
helpless_dancer8 April 2003
Insane college student figures out a way to get his grades the easy way. Murder. Everything goes his way as he outwits the police, fools the university staff, and pins the rap on his dopey partner. However, all is not as it seems and some surprises are in store for the viewer. Interesting little thriller, with some black comedy thrown in the mix: makes a guy wonder if such a rule could exist in a university without causing just such an incident.
Aye, it's murder getting into Harvard.
hitchcockthelegend23 October 2009
Dead Man's Curve revolves around an urban legend that if your college roommate commits suicide, you get pass grades for the term to help ease your pain. Enter Chris {Michael Vartan} and Tim {Matthew Lillard} who decide to test this theory by offing their buddy Rand {Randall Batinkoff}. It's a deliciously evil premise that thankfully, in spite of the film's low reputation, makes for an enjoyable genre spliced viewing.
Directed and written by Dan Rosen, Dead Man's Curve has a clever plot at its core, our pair of rotters, tho Chris is a sheepish accomplice to the dominant Tim, set it up nicely by way of chatty concerns with the school psychologist and the shifty purchase of depressing music. Aided by some women troubles in the mix, the pair execute their plan, but all is not quite that simple as the plot unravels it twists and turns and delivers an ending that is as genius as it is unexpected. And that's in a good way as well.
The young cast, handsome and ebullient, do fine work here, particularly Lillard, who expands on his loony turn in Scream from two years earlier with much maniacal relish. The older actors, however, don't fair so well, courtesy of either being underwritten or merely for being plot fillers. But hey, if all lady psychologist's look like Dana Delaney then I'm going to sign myself up for a bit of therapy.
Naturally with a premise like this it's far from perfect and the implausibility factors are high, but Rosen has a wry observation on American dorm life. Be it the pressures of success or the need to be part of a group, Rosen and his on form cast have created a darkly comic piece of devilment. The soundtrack is excellent, and for sure it's laden with misery from the likes of The Smiths and Bauhaus, while the Elk Neck Lighthouse location work evokes memories of tidy creepers from days of yore.
A fine story told and executed well, give it a go and you may just be as pleasantly surprised as I was. 7/10
Directed and written by Dan Rosen, Dead Man's Curve has a clever plot at its core, our pair of rotters, tho Chris is a sheepish accomplice to the dominant Tim, set it up nicely by way of chatty concerns with the school psychologist and the shifty purchase of depressing music. Aided by some women troubles in the mix, the pair execute their plan, but all is not quite that simple as the plot unravels it twists and turns and delivers an ending that is as genius as it is unexpected. And that's in a good way as well.
The young cast, handsome and ebullient, do fine work here, particularly Lillard, who expands on his loony turn in Scream from two years earlier with much maniacal relish. The older actors, however, don't fair so well, courtesy of either being underwritten or merely for being plot fillers. But hey, if all lady psychologist's look like Dana Delaney then I'm going to sign myself up for a bit of therapy.
Naturally with a premise like this it's far from perfect and the implausibility factors are high, but Rosen has a wry observation on American dorm life. Be it the pressures of success or the need to be part of a group, Rosen and his on form cast have created a darkly comic piece of devilment. The soundtrack is excellent, and for sure it's laden with misery from the likes of The Smiths and Bauhaus, while the Elk Neck Lighthouse location work evokes memories of tidy creepers from days of yore.
A fine story told and executed well, give it a go and you may just be as pleasantly surprised as I was. 7/10
Brainless Twists
DePalma7 May 2000
I`m shocked to see all these people commenting on what a clever plot this movie has, with intelligent twists....have you people very short memory span ? There are countless of situations and dialogue in the movie prior to the last 5 minutes which completely rule out the logic behind the final twist. Maybe if they had made a 5 minute short...or if there were some sort of parallell univers theory..just kidding.
The movie is also a very bad mixture of several genres, thriller, horror, comedy, drama. It pokes fun of retards, canadians, stupid cops. Lilliards character is the most likeable in the whole movie, and thats hardly the directors intention. The generel good acting only makes the whole thing more provocative. They wanted to make a black comedy, but had no sense whatsoever.
The movie is also a very bad mixture of several genres, thriller, horror, comedy, drama. It pokes fun of retards, canadians, stupid cops. Lilliards character is the most likeable in the whole movie, and thats hardly the directors intention. The generel good acting only makes the whole thing more provocative. They wanted to make a black comedy, but had no sense whatsoever.
Dead on Arrival
sol121827 August 2008
***SPOILERS*** Over the top suspense mystery that takes place on an unnamed eastern Maryland collage. Having found out that if a roommate at collage commits suicide you get an automatic 4.0 average both Tim, Matthew Lillard, and Chris, Michael Vartan, who are sub-par students concoct a plan to get their other roommate Rand, Randall Batinkoff, to kill himself!
Rand a nasty and arrogant creep who's constituently humiliating his girlfriend Natalie,Tamara Craig Thomas, in public and making a complete a** of himself is the perfect candidate to knock off with nobody, not even his family members, even missing him.
Even though at first he thought it was a joke on Tim's part Chris reluctantly goes along with the plan to do Rand in. This happens late one evening at the light-tower just outside of the collage campus. Getting a very depressed Rand, who had just found out that Natalie is pregnant, to dink a full bottle of whiskey laced with rat poison he goes into convolutions and loses consciousness. With Tim leaving a suicide note in the empty bottle it's made to look like Rand did himself in over Nataie, after telling him that he knocked her up, dumping him.
With Chris not having the guts to throw Rand down the Cliff, to make it look like he jumped, Tim finishes the job in having him fall to his death, if he wasn't dead already, to the dangerous rocks some 100 feet below. It's then that things start to get a bit, to put it mildly, out of hand with Chris not willing to get, feeling that he didn't earn it, his well deserved 4.0 average and his partner in crime Tim doing everything he can to implicate him in Rands murder!Tim goes as far as staging a tryst with Chris' girlfriend Emma, Keri Russell, for Chris to see in order to get him go to the cops and confess not only his but Tim's crime! While all this is going on Rand's body is never recovered and thus making it impossible for both Tim and Chris to get their coveted 4.0 average and thus being eligible to enter Harvard or Yale!
The movie really gets ridicules in it's myriad of twists and turns that are so incomprehensible that their about as illogical as subatomic Quantom reality is towards modern Newtonian physics! You finally get the picture in the end to what's the story behind Rand's demise and who was really the person or persons behind it. But by then your brain has been so brutally battered and beaten by the films confusing and convoluted storyline, with about a half dozen plot twist, that you don't really care what it is!
Rand a nasty and arrogant creep who's constituently humiliating his girlfriend Natalie,Tamara Craig Thomas, in public and making a complete a** of himself is the perfect candidate to knock off with nobody, not even his family members, even missing him.
Even though at first he thought it was a joke on Tim's part Chris reluctantly goes along with the plan to do Rand in. This happens late one evening at the light-tower just outside of the collage campus. Getting a very depressed Rand, who had just found out that Natalie is pregnant, to dink a full bottle of whiskey laced with rat poison he goes into convolutions and loses consciousness. With Tim leaving a suicide note in the empty bottle it's made to look like Rand did himself in over Nataie, after telling him that he knocked her up, dumping him.
With Chris not having the guts to throw Rand down the Cliff, to make it look like he jumped, Tim finishes the job in having him fall to his death, if he wasn't dead already, to the dangerous rocks some 100 feet below. It's then that things start to get a bit, to put it mildly, out of hand with Chris not willing to get, feeling that he didn't earn it, his well deserved 4.0 average and his partner in crime Tim doing everything he can to implicate him in Rands murder!Tim goes as far as staging a tryst with Chris' girlfriend Emma, Keri Russell, for Chris to see in order to get him go to the cops and confess not only his but Tim's crime! While all this is going on Rand's body is never recovered and thus making it impossible for both Tim and Chris to get their coveted 4.0 average and thus being eligible to enter Harvard or Yale!
The movie really gets ridicules in it's myriad of twists and turns that are so incomprehensible that their about as illogical as subatomic Quantom reality is towards modern Newtonian physics! You finally get the picture in the end to what's the story behind Rand's demise and who was really the person or persons behind it. But by then your brain has been so brutally battered and beaten by the films confusing and convoluted storyline, with about a half dozen plot twist, that you don't really care what it is!
after watching this film I wanted to commit suicide as well...
screamingdreamer8 January 2006
at first, the cinematography looks good, so at least it has that...but this movie slowly descends into the depths of Hollywood hell. it twists so many times you completely get lost, and by the end of the movie, you have no idea what just happened! i suppose if i subjected myself to watching it again, maybe i would pick up something i missed before. but to be perfectly honest, it was so bad, i don't think i CAN watch it again. this movie makes no sense to me. what's so bad is that i truly believe that i actually DO understand everything about it. its just so bad that i'm having trouble really BELIEVING that i'm really understanding. i just keep thinking "there has to be something more..." if there IS indeed something more to this film, its completely and hopelessly buried under the layers of crap that make this movie what it is. don't waste your time on this piece of crap. if you want to watch something that will twist and turn and challenge your brain...watch a David lynch film.
Lillard shines in an entertaining thriller
MattyGibbs1 December 2014
I remember watching this quite a few years ago and enjoying it and decided to re-watch it again to see if I still did.
It's an interesting idea and one that is executed very well. The plot is easy to follow and the fast paced script keeps things moving along nicely. There is plenty of suspense as the student plot to get higher grades spins out of control. The acting is mainly just passable apart from the always excellent Matthew Lillard who always plays the slightly maniacal jerk role so brilliantly and and there is an early appearance for the gorgeous Keri Russell.
There is a great twist ending which along with Lillard's performance elevates this film above average for it's genre.
This is not a great film by any means but it is very entertaining and well worth watching if you're at a loose end.
It's an interesting idea and one that is executed very well. The plot is easy to follow and the fast paced script keeps things moving along nicely. There is plenty of suspense as the student plot to get higher grades spins out of control. The acting is mainly just passable apart from the always excellent Matthew Lillard who always plays the slightly maniacal jerk role so brilliantly and and there is an early appearance for the gorgeous Keri Russell.
There is a great twist ending which along with Lillard's performance elevates this film above average for it's genre.
This is not a great film by any means but it is very entertaining and well worth watching if you're at a loose end.
Enjoyable but predictable
tlharrison-5954627 July 2022
Pretty decent premise but poor execution in many ways. The benefit of ONE semester of A's is hardly enough to stake the whole story/elaborate plan on. Instead of telling a solid story, this movie gets caught up patting itself on the back, thinking it's just that clever. Clever is when a movie shows you everything but you still don't see whats right in your face. This movie shows you everything, as well as unnecessary filler that only exists to throw off the viewer. The use of flashbacks to explain things that can easily be figured out is insulting to viewers and really dumbs things down. It takes away from the movie.
I somehow missed this movie in the 90s, and just came across it. I would have loved it when I was young, as its in the same vein as Scream and Urban Legend-- though not a slasher. I was able to enjoy it but it was quite predictable.
Matthew Lillard was amazing. He always seems like such a genuine guy in interviews, and I can clearly see he showed up for this movie, and brought all of his energy to his performance.
As with many other late 90s movies, some parts aged horribly and were super uncomfortable.
I somehow missed this movie in the 90s, and just came across it. I would have loved it when I was young, as its in the same vein as Scream and Urban Legend-- though not a slasher. I was able to enjoy it but it was quite predictable.
Matthew Lillard was amazing. He always seems like such a genuine guy in interviews, and I can clearly see he showed up for this movie, and brought all of his energy to his performance.
As with many other late 90s movies, some parts aged horribly and were super uncomfortable.
THE CURVE (DIDIER BECU)
Didier-Becu13 April 2004
Ever heard about those movies that are totally misinterpreted or ignored? The Curve (aka Dead Man's Curve) is such one. It tells the story about some students how found out that once a roommate commit suicide that they are graduated, to survive the shock. I have no idea if these rules are actually existing but it's enough for some students to play the game anyway... What follows is a great movie in where the viewer is switched from one situation to an other (who is who, who is dead...) and they're all lead by the pervert performance from Matthew Lilard (Thirteen ghosts, Scream) who plays the role of his life. To give it a much more suicidal character, director Dan Rosen opts for suicidial music like Bauhaus and The Smiths. Also watch out for the moviegames the students are playing (the parody on the Russian roulette=scene in The Deer Hunter is superb). Totally ignored movie, what a shame....
heathers + wild things = raucious fun
Fox5410 January 2000
At first, I thought it was something like Heathers, which was completely unappealing. As the movie went on, I realized it was sure, in that Heathers fashion, but it has its own identity. The script was quite intelligent and the acting was superb, although Keri Russell was quite annoying. It was a wittingly fun movie which may start out slow, but becomes a bit gripping in the middle which totally leads you to the fun end. I'd give it 7/10.
Surprisingly decent...
claddagh17 May 1999
I went in expecting nothing, and was very pleasantly surprised. Matthew Lillard's performance is quirky and very entertaining, but the single reason to see the film is for an early scene which can only be described as spoofing _The Deer Hunter_ with a popular college drinking game. This is a "thriller", but I was laughing for five minutes straight.
Wild Things On A Budget
abooboo-228 November 1999
This is one of those self-satisfied movies where you're never really sure who's good and who's bad, but by the end you're quite sure you no longer care. The movie is clever at times and has some style, but it's so plot-twist happy, when the credits roll you have nothing to show for the emotional investments you've made and the sympathies you've built up for certain characters. It's like putting money in the bank, returning a week later, and finding out it's all gone. And that makes it, like the similarly constructed "Wild Things", a cheat. I don't mind being surprised, in fact, surprises are welcome, but I do mind getting blindsided by absurd twists that completely eradicate everything we thought we knew up to that point. (Unless it's done with an oblique faithfulness to character as in "The Sixth Sense".) Not to mention the fact that, evn though these are smart, high-achieving college kids, their machinations and manipulations are so needlessly labyrinthine and everything falls so perfectly in place for them - it's just laughably improbable.
Matthew Lillard from "Scream" has the juiciest part and, while he's not an uninteresting actor, he's always SO manic, SO over-the-top, you have to wonder about the guy. He might want to familiarize himself with the "Less Is More" theory of acting if he can find the time.
Matthew Lillard from "Scream" has the juiciest part and, while he's not an uninteresting actor, he's always SO manic, SO over-the-top, you have to wonder about the guy. He might want to familiarize himself with the "Less Is More" theory of acting if he can find the time.
The ending was interesting
zooeyglass703 April 2024
As a horror fan, I can't say this movie ranks up there with the greats -- not by a long shot. But I found this to be a rather competent enough movie that is quintessential late 1990s horror in terms of its look and casting -- it has that slick and aware zeitgeist that permeated post-Scream movies.
I did not think the twists were overdone, it felt rather balanced and I was pleasantly surprised by how things ended. This is particularly true of the Dana Delaney character's response to everything -- no spoilers to what I mean, just that the ending was better than the movie overall (if that makes sense!).
It's definitely worth a watch, even if it's a one and done.
I did not think the twists were overdone, it felt rather balanced and I was pleasantly surprised by how things ended. This is particularly true of the Dana Delaney character's response to everything -- no spoilers to what I mean, just that the ending was better than the movie overall (if that makes sense!).
It's definitely worth a watch, even if it's a one and done.
Eminently dislikable.
Hermit C-218 July 1999
This movie started out showing a little promise with some clever in-jokes but any favorable response from me was dissipated as the unbelievable situations unfolded and I saw more of the thoroughly obnoxious and loathsome characters that populate the film. It's for people who like to see the bad guy win because ALL the characters here are bad.
Enjoyble but needed a few minor tweaks
acidburn-1010 May 2022
I remember viewing this movie back when it came out in 1998 and thought that it was fine, it had an interesting concept and had a very late teen 90's horror vibe to it, despite being more of a teen thriller. I do remember that it got unfairly branded as a 'Scream' knockoff (maybe because Matthew Lillard was that also) and quickly became obscure. Several years later I got the chance to view this again and found it quite enjoyable with its dark and twisted humour, cool storyline, manic plot twists and interesting yet loathsome characters.
The plot focuses on two college roommates Tim (Matthew Lillard) and Chris (Michael Vartan) who plot to kill their other roommate Rand (Randall Batkinoff) and make it look like suicide and use the scam that if you're roommate commits suicide, then the college is obliged to offer straight A's.
I do like the fact that the urban myth of the plot point always comes into play throughout the story. The twists and turns that feature throughout were mind-blowing and unpredictable especially towards the last act. The cinematography is decent with some impressive camera shots and the movie is shot well with an almost dark yet mesmerizing feel to the production.
But there are quite a few flaws that prevents this from being truly great, firstly none of the characters are likeable at all, with nobody to root for, especially when things gets more revealed towards the end. There was also a lot of cringey scenes and dialogue with uncomfortable levels of cruelty from the male cast towards the female characters. Matthew Lillard being so in your face and over the top that he almost becomes unwatchable. Michael Vartan as the male lead was a little stiff in his performance and lacked that extra wow factor to make certain scenes pop.
Overall 'Dead Man's Curve' or 'The Curve' as its sometimes called is an enjoyable little flick that just needed a few tweaks to the script and polish that could have made this even better.
The plot focuses on two college roommates Tim (Matthew Lillard) and Chris (Michael Vartan) who plot to kill their other roommate Rand (Randall Batkinoff) and make it look like suicide and use the scam that if you're roommate commits suicide, then the college is obliged to offer straight A's.
I do like the fact that the urban myth of the plot point always comes into play throughout the story. The twists and turns that feature throughout were mind-blowing and unpredictable especially towards the last act. The cinematography is decent with some impressive camera shots and the movie is shot well with an almost dark yet mesmerizing feel to the production.
But there are quite a few flaws that prevents this from being truly great, firstly none of the characters are likeable at all, with nobody to root for, especially when things gets more revealed towards the end. There was also a lot of cringey scenes and dialogue with uncomfortable levels of cruelty from the male cast towards the female characters. Matthew Lillard being so in your face and over the top that he almost becomes unwatchable. Michael Vartan as the male lead was a little stiff in his performance and lacked that extra wow factor to make certain scenes pop.
Overall 'Dead Man's Curve' or 'The Curve' as its sometimes called is an enjoyable little flick that just needed a few tweaks to the script and polish that could have made this even better.
a relatively obscure, but decent flick
katdakay30 June 2008
The premise behind this movie is, how much is someone to compromise their morals in order to achieve academic gain? In the tradition of movies such as "The Perfect Score" and "Cheaters", but much, much darker, that question is answered...and then some. Matthew Lillard does an amazing job as a cunning, manipulative, and more than slightly psychotic college roommate willing to do anything to get ahead. The movie contains enough plot turns to make your head spin at times, but the acting is solid and the storyline was more than enough to keep me captivated throughout. Its an old question placed in a contemporary context, and it makes for a damn good horror film.
The same
cossallpsycho7 January 2002
This is another 'get-on-in-the-teen-slasher-movie' kind of movie. The twist are reasonably clever up to a point. The lead guy, Matthew Lillard is never going to be as funny as (the good) Jim Carrey, as A-class as Tom Cruise so is only left to be as annoying as Tom Green but that would be difficult even for this guy. Overall, much of the same. Nothing special, Nothing offensively bad but just a bit boring really because the script had no spark whatsoever. 6/10
You've got to be kidding me!
arric21 February 2000
In another botched attempt to cash in on the teen age slasher revival that Scream started (which even with its two sequels hasn't been able to equal it self) this horrible film is a waste of time. Yes there is a twist at the end but ...big deal. It sucks. Please save your time and money doing more useful things. I wish I had. Or watch it just to appreciate its sheer suckiness.
Diabolique at the university
dbdumonteil13 June 2007
The screenplay borrows sometimes from that of Clouzot's "les Diaboliques" :the dead body which should be in the sea,but which is nowhere to be found.This is one of these teenage stuff flicks where we NEVER see a so called student work,study or even open one book! And they want to get into Harvard ,no less! The film is not dull ,however,thanks to Matthew Lillard's funny face and to his excellent over-the -top playing (already excellent in "scream" ).His young co -stars are not as gifted as he is.Outside Lillard,the best characters are the chancellor and the shrink ,a pair of idiots who get fooled every time they show up.The way Tim manipulates all the people around is delightful.
Better than most teenage clique movies ...
Vic_max13 September 2006
This was actually a pretty OK movie. I thought it would be pretty bad given the 'teenage clique gone wrong' setup. However, because of the interesting premise, I decided to watch. One thing that drew me into movie was Lillard's presence (plays Shaggy in Scooby-Doo movies). This suggested some over-the-top drama. He delivered - pretty dynamic fellow. The dialog is pretty decent too - much of it is fairly witty. Also, there are some pretty good setups and twists and surprises that are decently done throughout the movie. Not bad - albeit a somewhat tired genre and limited setting. If the taglines and premise for the movie intrigue you, you'll probably enjoy it.
Not bad
preppy-328 January 2006
The "curve" in the title refers to a grading curve. At a college Chris (Michael Vartan) wants to get into Harvard--but isn't getting the grades. His roommate Tim (Matthew Lillard) wants the same but also doesn't have the grades. The they hear if you have a roommate who commits suicide you get an automatic 4.0 from the college. And they have a horribly obnoxious roommate (Randall Batinkoff)...
Not bad little thriller. It's well-made, moves quickly and has a good cast that were virtual unknowns when this was made. There are some problems--there was a plot twist an hour in that I just didn't buy and there were TOO many twists and turns at the end. Also Lillard and Batinkoffs' characters are SO cruel and unlikable that it's hard to give a damn about them...and also hard to believe that they are so popular around campus. And Dana Delaney is wasted as the school psychologist. Still it's easy to overlook these faults.
The acting is good--Lillard overacts (as always) but it fits the role; Batinkoff underacts nicely; Vartan is somber (but he's supposed to be) and Keri Russell (as Vartan's girlfriend) is very good. There's a nice soundtrack with some impressive visuals--I love the two candlelit vigils in this.
Some previous posters have complained about the ending being too confusing with too many loose ends. They're right--but this is just a nice quick little thriller--don't think about it TOO much. I give it a 7.
Not bad little thriller. It's well-made, moves quickly and has a good cast that were virtual unknowns when this was made. There are some problems--there was a plot twist an hour in that I just didn't buy and there were TOO many twists and turns at the end. Also Lillard and Batinkoffs' characters are SO cruel and unlikable that it's hard to give a damn about them...and also hard to believe that they are so popular around campus. And Dana Delaney is wasted as the school psychologist. Still it's easy to overlook these faults.
The acting is good--Lillard overacts (as always) but it fits the role; Batinkoff underacts nicely; Vartan is somber (but he's supposed to be) and Keri Russell (as Vartan's girlfriend) is very good. There's a nice soundtrack with some impressive visuals--I love the two candlelit vigils in this.
Some previous posters have complained about the ending being too confusing with too many loose ends. They're right--but this is just a nice quick little thriller--don't think about it TOO much. I give it a 7.
You Don't Win Silver, You Lose Gold
wes-connors14 December 2008
Three college roommates would die to attend grad school at Harvard - but, their grades are wack. "It's either an MBA from Harvard or you're flipping burgers." So, after some partying, two of them decide to kill the third, and make it look like a suicide. The reason being the "standard practice" of giving traumatized roommates of suicide victims an automatic 4.0 grade point average for the semester. The three dudes are: psycho Matthew Lillard (as Tim), impotent Michael Vartan (as Chris), and contemptible Randall Batinkoff (as Rand).
Their pretty blonde girlfriends, fickle Keri Russell (as Emma) and possibly pregnant Tamara Craig Thomas (as Natalie), are also roommates. Debuting director Dan Rosen's "Dead Man's Curve" characters definitely need a college shrink; and, this is the job filled by nicotine-addicted Dana Delany (as Dr. Ashley). The story, especially during the last act, needs some doctoring, too. Re-titled "The Curve", it has noting to do with the Jan & Dean's death drag classic played over the closing credits.
**** Dead Man's Curve (1/24/98) Dan Rosen ~ Matthew Lillard, Michael Vartan, Randall Batinkoff
Their pretty blonde girlfriends, fickle Keri Russell (as Emma) and possibly pregnant Tamara Craig Thomas (as Natalie), are also roommates. Debuting director Dan Rosen's "Dead Man's Curve" characters definitely need a college shrink; and, this is the job filled by nicotine-addicted Dana Delany (as Dr. Ashley). The story, especially during the last act, needs some doctoring, too. Re-titled "The Curve", it has noting to do with the Jan & Dean's death drag classic played over the closing credits.
**** Dead Man's Curve (1/24/98) Dan Rosen ~ Matthew Lillard, Michael Vartan, Randall Batinkoff
Bad title, mediocre movie
Scott-49 May 1999
I thought the title was referring to the fact that in college you are graded on the curve. Therefore if someone above you drops-off, it improves your grade.
When people are not sure what the title refers to, it is a bad sign...
When people are not sure what the title refers to, it is a bad sign...
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