Better Off Dead... (1985)
"Insanity doesn't run in the family, it gallops."
Critics Score
🎬 63%
(RT: 75%, MC: 51) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Amanda Wyss as Beth Truss
Diane Franklin as Monique Junot
Aaron Dozier as Roy Stalin
Demian Slade as Johnny Gasparini
Is Better Off Dead... good?
Yes. 91% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 63%, but audiences disagreed.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
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. Wikipedia ↗
