Lane Meyer (John Cusack) has just been dumped, and he's feeling pretty low, even suicidal. His family is super strange, he's being chased by a paper boy, two Asian men keep trying to get him to race, he has the worst job ever, his best friend (Curtis Armstrong) tries to snort and inhale everything, and he's trying to challenge his high school's ski champ to a run down a treacherous hill. Luckily the cute French exchange student across the street (Diane Franklin) is ready to take his mind off his troubles.
If Better Off Dead sounds ridiculous, that's because it is. But I absolutely love it. It's hilarious and completely absurd. There's Jell-O that crawls off a plate by itself, a singing hamburger (no really), and a cheerleader who dates the entire basketball team. And it has a performance by Elizabeth Daily (AKA Dottie from Pee Wee's Big Adventure, AKA Tommy Pickles) at a school dance. It's so 80s and totally nuts, and I can't get enough of it!
I read somewhere that John Cusack isn't thrilled with this film, and to that I say "Boooo!" It's a super fun and silly movie that all fans of such silliness should see. Did that sentence make sense? Oh well. Go see this movie, and don't forget my TWO DOLLARS!!
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