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Better Off Dead...(1985)
Status: Released
Date: 1985-08-23
66%
496 Votes
Time: 1h 37m
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.
Languages: English, Hungarian.
Countries:
United States of America
Revenue: $10,297,601.00
ProductionCompanies: 
A&M Films
CBS Theatrical Films
Movie: Better Off Dead...
Top 10 Billed Cast
John Cusack
Lane Meyer
David Ogden Stiers
Al Meyer
Kim Darby
Jenny Meyer
Demian Slade
Johnny Gasparini
Amanda Wyss
Beth Truss
Diane Franklin
Monique Junot
Curtis Armstrong
Charles De Mar
Yuji Okumoto
Yee Sook Ree
Brian Imada
Chen Ree
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