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Better Off Dead...

Release Date:October 11, 1985

Running Time:97 min

Genres:Comedy, Romance

Director

Cast

John Cusack Amanda Wyss Diane Franklin Aaron Dozier Curtis Armstrong David Ogden Stiers Kim Darby Demian Slade Laura Waterbury Dan Schneider Yuji Okumoto Brian Imada

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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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