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Better Off Dead...
Insanity doesn't run in the family, it gallops.
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.
- Original title
- Better Off Dead...
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $3,500,000
- Revenue
- $10,297,601
Filipe Manuel Neto
Oct 28, 2023 · via TMDB
**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 up turning the situation around in a surprising way. It's a film that has the advantage of being funny, although it's still as stupid as any other teen film. They treat that snowy hill as if it were a Himalayan peak – they even gave it a name alluding to a real mountain in this range – and good skiing seems to be an obsession for the locals. It's the most absurd thing in the film, at least for me. We also have a bizarre and disgusting family that lives close to the protagonist and that I wouldn't want near my house: besides looking like a beautiful group of idiots, I don't know if those people take baths. There are still some additional oddities, but I won't say much about them... it's better to see. John Cusack did a good job. Still a teenager, the actor was already showing signs of having talent and knew how to take advantage of opportunities to grow in the artistic world, and here he makes a committed and competent effort. The rest of the cast is much weaker, largely due to characters who are essentially clichés with legs. Diane Franklin escapes thanks to a better character, and competent work from the actress.
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John Cusack
Lane Meyer
Amanda Wyss
Beth Truss
Diane Franklin
Monique Junot
Curtis Armstrong
Charles De Mar
David Ogden Stiers
Al Meyer
Kim Darby
Jenny Meyer
Demian Slade
Johnny Gasparini
Dan Schneider
Ricky Smith
Yuji Okumoto
Yee Sook Ree
Brian Imada
Chen Ree
Chuck Mitchell
Rocko
Vincent Schiavelli
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Elizabeth Daily
Edward Mehler
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Steven Williams
Tree Trimmer
Stuart K. Robinson
Tree Trimmer's Helper
Yano Anaya
Paperboy
Rick Rosenthal
Smity
Rich Little
Additional Voices (voice)
Drew Struzan
Art Designer
Isidore Mankofsky
Director of Photography
Fred Lerner
Stunt Coordinator
A. Michael Lerner
Stunts
Bill Hart
Stunts
Bruce Paul Barbour
Stunts
Dick Warlock
Stunts
Faith Minton
Stunts
George Fisher
Stunts
Harvey Parry
Stunts
Johnny Hock
Stunts
Neil Summers
Stunts
Sandy Berumen
Stunts
Sharon Schaffer
Stunts
Tom Morga
Stunts
Savage Steve Holland
Director
Yudi Bennett
First Assistant Director
Maria Lease
Script Supervisor
Fred Lerner
Second Unit Director
Michael Jaffe
Producer
Rupert Hine
Original Music Composer
Bill Kopp
Animation
Savage Steve Holland
Writer
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