Better Off Dead...
Insanity doesn't run in the family, it gallops.
Overview
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.
- Budget
- $3,500,000
- Revenue
- $10,297,601
- Production
- A&M Films, CBS Theatrical Films
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Cast
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
Mr. Kerber
Taylor Negron
Mailman
E. G. Daily
Elizabeth Daily
Edward Mehler
Buster
Steven Williams
Tree Trimmer
Stuart K. Robinson
Tree Trimmer's Helper
Yano Anaya
Paperboy
Rick Rosenthal
Smity
Rich Little
Additional Voices (voice)
Crew
- Director
- Savage Steve Holland
- Writers
- Savage Steve Holland
- Producers
- Andrew Meyer,Michael Jaffe,Gil Friesen
- Cinematography
- Isidore Mankofsky
- Composer
- Rupert Hine
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Filipe Manuel Neto
October 28, 2023
**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 f…