| | | Someone is about to go over the edge. Are you in or are you out?
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Dolby Surround Sound, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, English, Subtitled, Trailers
For college friends Tim and Chris, the plan was simple. Knock off their roommate, Rand, frame it as a suicide and walk away with straight A's for the semester. But when the plan begins to unravel and the questions keep coming surrounding Rand's "suicide", the rules begin to change and the bonds of loyalty and friendship dissolve in the midst of lies and deception. Matthew Lillard (Scream), Michael Vartan (The Pallbearer), Randall Batinkoff (School Ties) and Keri Russell (Felicity) star in this plot-twisting mystery that will keep you guessing.
"An amusing... tongue-in-cheek thriller." Sarah Hepola, The Austin Chronicle
Editor's Note
In attempt to improve their grades at college, two friends plan to kill their roommate and frame it as suicide. However, things go awry when the friendships of those involved are replaced by lies and deception.
| Features | English Subtitles | | English Dolby Surround | | Widescreen Version | | Interactive Menus | | Theatrical Trailer |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Trimark |
| Release Date: 4/20/1999 |
| Running Time: 92 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1997 | | Catalog ID: 7092 - D | | UPC: 00031398709237 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | The Austin Chronicle 0 of 10
Take the kooky coeds of [Director Dan] Rosen's last screenplay The Last Supper, add Scream's mordant sensibility (and its bad boy Matthew Lillard) and you have The Curve, an amusing yet wholly derivative tongue-in-cheek thriller. The premise revolves around the rumor that if your college roommate kills himself, you receive a 4.0 for the semester. So when Harvard hopefuls Tim (Lillard) and Chris (Vartan) find their grades slumping, the only way out seems to be setting up roomie Rand (Batinkoff) for his last fall. Of course, it's never that easy, as our heroes (?) soon find out. Rosen, taking a cue from recent teen thrillers, is playing for laughs here. And he does give us many yuck-yucks at his characters' expense, like when a psychiatrist played by Dana Delaney unironically lists signs of suicidal behavior: listening to Suzanne Vega, watching Scandinavian films. What Rosen doesn't give us, however, is much credit for having a brain. And by the film's improbable ending, my disbelief was so suspended it actually hung itself. The absurdity of the scenario coupled with the skewed assessment of today's job market ("It's either an MBA from Harvard or you're flipping burgers") makes for a slick film that could fly, but ends up dead on arrival. - Sarah Hepola
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