Better Off Dead... (1985)

PG-13 97 minutes EN Comedy , Romance
Insanity doesn't run in the family, it gallops.
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.
Alan Balsam
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Brad R. Loman
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Gary Moreno
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Herman F. Zimmerman
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Top cast

John Cusack
Lane 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
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Production companies:
A&M Films, Warner Bros. Pictures, CBS Theatrical Films
Production countries:
United States of America
Revenue:
$10,297,601

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Certificate:

PG-13 (Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Films given this rating may contain sexual content, brief or partial nudity, some strong language and innuendo, humor, mature themes, political themes, terror and/or intense action violence. However, bloodshed is rarely present. This is the minimum rating at which drug content is present.)
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