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Better Off Dead...

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

1985 · PG · 1h 37m

Directed by Savage Steve Holland

6.6

TMDB audience score
576 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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Cast

  • John Cusack
    Lane Meyer

  • Amanda Wyss
    Beth Truss

  • Diane Franklin
    Monique Junot

  • Aaron Dozier
    Roy Stalin

  • Curtis Armstrong
    Charles De Mar

  • David Ogden Stiers
    Al Meyer

  • Kim Darby
    Jenny Meyer

  • Demian Slade
    Johnny Gasparini

  • Laura Waterbury
    Mrs. Smith

  • Dan Schneider
    Ricky Smith

  • Yuji Okumoto
    Yee Sook Ree

  • Brian Imada
    Chen Ree

  • Scooter Stevens
    Badger Meyer

  • Chuck Mitchell
    Rocko

  • Frank Burt Avalon
    Roy's Ski Buddy #1

  • Vincent Schiavelli
    Mr. Kerber

  • Taylor Negron
    Mailman

  • E. G. Daily
    Elizabeth Daily