Better Off Dead...
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1985
1h 37m
PG
English
Comedy, Romance
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Better Off Dead...
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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7.3
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64
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Cast
Lane Meyer
Al Meyer
Jenny Meyer
Johnny Gasparini
Beth Truss
Monique Junot
Badger Meyer
Charles De Mar
Yee Sook Ree
Chen Ree
Mrs. Smith
Ricky Smith
Rocko
Roy Stalin
Roy's Ski Buddy #1
Mr. Kerber
Mailman
Elizabeth Daily
Roy's Ski Buddy #2 (as J. Warren Da...
Roy's Ski Buddy #3
Buster
Roller Skater
Nerd #1
Nerd #2 (as Jonathon Charles Fox)
Nerd #3
Directed By: Savage Steve Holland
Written By: Savage Steve Holland
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drqshadow
/10 5 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
Filipe Manuel Neto
a month ago
**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 th More
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 th More
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