Better Off Dead...

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

6.6

1985

1h 37m

ComedyRomance

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.

Key Crew

Director

Savage Steve Holland

Producers

Michael Jaffe

Writers

Savage Steve Holland

Cinematography

Isidore Mankofsky

Music

Rupert Hine

Cast (36)

John Cusack

Lane Meyer

Amanda Wyss

Beth Truss

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