The Curve

Original title: Dead Man's Curve

1998
R
1h 31m

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5.8/10

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Matthew Lillard, Randall Batinkoff, Keri Russell, and Michael Vartan in The Curve (1998)

Two college students kill their roommate and make it look like a suicide.

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Two college students kill their roommate and make it look like a suicide.Two college students kill their roommate and make it look like a suicide.Two college students kill their roommate and make it look like a suicide.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

6.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The bulls-eye of the dart board in Chris & Tim's dorm room is a photo of Vince Vaughn.

Goofs
As Tim reveals his plan for Chris to get Emma back, it cuts to an open-air shot of Chris purchasing flowers. His shadow (and the shadows of a number of other people and props) is clearly visible on the sky backdrop behind him.

Quotes
Tim: All through senior year Rand dates the same girl. And a week before the prom she dumped him. So it's a week before the senior prom and she says to Rand 'We should go as friends'. But Rand agrees. It gets to prom night. They've got tuxedos, limo, great reservations. Then when 7:00 rolls around, no Rand. 8:00 no Rand. 10:00 no Rand. And I can see it, mom and dad have the camcorder out, the sister gets to stay up late to see the big sister go to her prom. 11:00 no Rand to be found. But he went to the prom. But he actually took a hooker. Not one of those high-priced ones either, I'm talkin' an 'I will suck your dick for a crock rock, ten buck, on the street corner WHORE. She's wearing this corsage ordered specially for Wendy. It was Wendy's favorite. But nothing is as priceless as the prom picture. YUGH. He sitting there toothless with this FAT FUCKING WHORE. Wendy was so mortified she actually missed the last two weeks of school. She had to go to summer school to graduate. He fucked that bitch UP. Rand definitely had a mean streak in him.

Crazy credits
Mr. Rosen's Driver ... Everybody

Connections
Featured in Beyond Clueless (2014)

Soundtracks
Come On
Performed by Gigolo Aunts
Written by Dave Gibbs (as Gibbs) / Steve Hurley (as Hurley)
© Mean Medve Music/Songs of PolyGram International Music (BMI)
Courtesy of E Pluribus Unum Records

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8/10

a relatively obscure, but decent flick

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.