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Better Off Dead...
Better Off Dead...

Better Off Dead...

1985 97 min ★ 6.6 Comedy, Romance

High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.

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Cast

John Cusack

John Cusack

Lane Meyer

Amanda Wyss

Amanda Wyss

Beth Truss

Diane Franklin

Diane Franklin

Monique Junot

Aaron Dozier

Roy Stalin

Curtis Armstrong

Curtis Armstrong

Charles De Mar

David Ogden Stiers

David Ogden Stiers

Al Meyer

Kim Darby

Kim Darby

Jenny Meyer

Demian Slade

Demian Slade

Johnny Gasparini

Laura Waterbury

Mrs. Smith

Dan Schneider

Dan Schneider

Ricky Smith

Details

Director

Savage Steve Holland

Tagline

"Insanity doesn't run in the family, it gallops."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$3,500,000

Revenue

$10,297,601

Production

A&M Films, CBS Theatrical Films

Reviews

F

Filipe Manuel Neto

October 28, 2023

★ 3/10

**A stupid teen comedy, but still funny enough.** Teenage films are not exactly my “cup of tea”, but I confess that this little comic film pleased me: after being abandoned by his girlfriend who, deep down, didn't like him and was just trying to be the girlfriend of the most popular boy in the neighborhood, a young man decides to die. After some half-hearted and half-hearted attempts, he ends u...

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