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New Century of Cinema
DOWSE Guide to the
Movies
by Tony Lee editor of
Pigasus
Press
Dead Man's Curve
87 minutes (15) Tartan
Director: Dan Rosen
review by Tony Lee
Life is hard and death is easy at American colleges in this
film's twisted, black comedy world. If your unpopular room-mate commits suicide, a
rarely invoked charter means you get free entry to Harvard and avoid all that
needless grief, depression and survivor's guilt. Mathew Lillard (from Scream)
is guilty as sin. Did he really push his friend off a cliff just to up his grades? Is
anyone in this intriguing thriller from first-time director Dan Rosen telling the
truth?
This is one of those annoying teen-appeal movies where the rock music on the
soundtrack is clearly intended to be of equal, if not more, importance to all
concerned than the script or the storytelling. It's enjoyable enough, and actress
Dana Delany is good as the shrink who can't give up smoking but, unfortunately,
Dead Man's Curve is still not a patch on Michael Lehmann's classic Heathers.
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