Josh is a hard-working teen who is just starting college. After a night of studying, his new roommate Cooper (Gosselaar), a stoner playboy, wakes him up and throws his whole life "off track". Josh...

Josh is a hard-working teen who is just starting college. After a night of studying, his new roommate Cooper (Gosselaar), a stoner playboy, wakes him up and throws his whole life "off track". Josh wakes up late for his classes, is behind & failing. After a week or so, Josh falls asleep during a test that decides rather he'll continue college or not. Josh is convinced Cooper to a bar and they wind up hearing a crazy story by a drunk, that if your roomate commits suicide, you'll get straight A's, no matter how bad your current grades are. So Cooper convinces Josh that this might bring both their grades up, just so Coop won't have to scrub toilets for a living. They end up searching for roommates that are crazy and/or suicidal. Meanwhile, Josh is falling in love with a girl named Rachel (Montgomery). "Dead Man will remind any college grad of the fun and freedom of freshman year, and the wide variety of personalities met there." --John R. McEwen, FILM QUIPS ONLINE