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Better Off Dead...

PG
Movie
1985
1h 37m
English
Comedy
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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John Cusack
Lane Meyer
Kim Darby
Jenny Meyer
Demian Slade
Johnny Gasparini
Amanda Wyss
Beth Truss
Diane Franklin
Monique Junot
Scooter Stevens
Badger Meyer
Curtis Armstrong
Charles De Mar
Yuji Okumoto
Yee Sook Ree
Brian Imada
Chen Ree
Laura Waterbury
Mrs. Smith
Dan Schneider
Ricky Smith
Aaron Dozier
Roy Stalin
Frank Burt Avalon
Roy's Ski Buddy #1
Elizabeth Daily
Elizabeth Daily
Joe W Davis
Roy's Ski Buddy #2 (as J. Warren Da...
Peter Ellenstein
Roy's Ski Buddy #3
Thomas Rollerson
Roller Skater
Toby Iland
Nerd #1
Jonathan Charles Fox
Nerd #2 (as Jonathon Charles Fox)
Directed By: Savage Steve Holland

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filmtoaster says...
4 years ago
_**I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS!**_
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wambie says...
5 years ago
Two dollars........ I want my two dollars!!
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bluethegreat1 says...
11 years ago
wow. what can i say about this movie. in my top 5 of all time definitely. just showed it to the kids and they loved it too. proof that it holds up?
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seezar says...
12 years ago
One of my all-time favorite comedies
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drqshadow
8/10  4 years ago
John Cusack plays a high school space cadet who apathetically considers suicide after his girlfriend dumps him for the captain of a local ski team. Stood up by his rebound date at a school dance, he bumps into a cute French exchange student (Diane Franklin) who dusts him off, shines a little light i More
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