Better Off Dead...
Insanity doesn't run in the family, it gallops.
1985 en 97 minutes
Rating: 6.561
Plot
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
David Ogden Stiers
Al Meyer
Kim Darby
Jenny Meyer
Demian Slade
Johnny Gasparini
Amanda Wyss
Beth Truss
Diane Franklin
Monique Junot
Scooter Stevens
Badger Meyer
Curtis Armstrong
Charles De Mar
Yuji Okumoto
Yee Sook Ree
Brian Imada
Chen Ree
Laura Waterbury
Mrs. Smith
Dan Schneider
Ricky Smith
Chuck Mitchell
Rocko
Aaron Dozier
Roy Stalin
Frank Burt Avalon
Roy's Ski Buddy #1
Vincent Schiavelli
Mr. Kerber
Taylor Negron
Mailman
E. G. Daily
Elizabeth Daily
Joe W. Davis
Roy's Ski Buddy #2 (as J. Warren David)
Peter Ellenstein
Roy's Ski Buddy #3
Edward Mehler
Buster
Thomas Rollerson
Roller Skater
Toby Iland
Nerd #1
Jonathan Charles Fox
Nerd #2 (as Jonathon Charles Fox)
Darren Harris
Nerd #3
Randy Stoklos
Jock #1
Sam High
Jock #2
David Vaughn
Jock #3
Tina Littlewood
Chris Cummins
Steven Williams
Tree Trimmer
Stuart K. Robinson
Tree Trimmer's Helper
Rima Lyn
Joanne Greenwald (as Rima Delane)
Yano Anaya
Paperboy
Joey Tushnet
Paperboy
Sebastian Dungan
Paperboy
Rick Rosenthal
Smity
