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Better Off Dead...

“Insanity doesn't run in the family, it gallops.”

★ 6.6 TMDB Rating · 568 votes

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.

Director
Savage Steve Holland
Release date
Aug 23, 1985
Original language
English
Origin
United States

Cast of Better Off Dead...

  • Portrait of John Cusack

    John Cusack

    Lane Meyer

  • Portrait of Amanda Wyss

    Amanda Wyss

    Beth Truss

  • Portrait of Diane Franklin

    Diane Franklin

    Monique Junot

  • Aaron Dozier

    Roy Stalin

  • Portrait of Curtis Armstrong

    Curtis Armstrong

    Charles De Mar

  • Portrait of David Ogden Stiers

    David Ogden Stiers

    Al Meyer

  • Portrait of Kim Darby

    Kim Darby

    Jenny Meyer

  • Portrait of Demian Slade

    Demian Slade

    Johnny Gasparini

  • Laura Waterbury

    Mrs. Smith

  • Portrait of Dan Schneider

    Dan Schneider

    Ricky Smith

  • Portrait of Yuji Okumoto

    Yuji Okumoto

    Yee Sook Ree

  • Portrait of Brian Imada

    Brian Imada

    Chen Ree

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Canada
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Australia
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