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Better Off Dead...

  • 7.1 /10

  • 544

  • 75%

Plot

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.

Cast

John Cusack as Lane Meyer
John Cusack

as Lane Meyer

Amanda Wyss as Beth Truss
Amanda Wyss

as Beth Truss

Diane Franklin as Monique Junot
Diane Franklin

as Monique Junot

Aaron Dozier as Roy Stalin
Aaron Dozier

as Roy Stalin

Curtis Armstrong as Charles De Mar
Curtis Armstrong

as Charles De Mar

David Ogden Stiers as Al Meyer
David Ogden Stiers

as Al Meyer

Kim Darby as Jenny Meyer
Kim Darby

as Jenny Meyer

Demian Slade as Johnny Gasparini
Demian Slade

as Johnny Gasparini

Laura Waterbury as Mrs. Smith
Laura Waterbury

as Mrs. Smith

Dan Schneider as Ricky Smith
Dan Schneider

as Ricky Smith

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • August 23, 1985

Production Companies

  • A&M Films

  • CBS Theatrical Films

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $3,500,000.00

Revenue

  • $10,297,601.00

Runtime

  • 1.62 hrs

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Reviews

**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 …