Dead Man's Curve

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

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.

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.

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 thought this was an excellent movie. Good plot with lots of twists and turns and an excellent soundtrack. This is good, simple black comedy at its best