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Movie Reviews of Better Off Dead
Movie Review: Where is my $2?!
Summary: 5 Stars
When it comes to teen comedies, the '80s came out with the best teen comedies. There was nothing shocking or vulgar about films like "The Breakfast Club", "Pretty in Pink" or "Better Off Dead". There is such an innocence to the films that is sorely lacking in today's brand of teen comedies. "Better Off Dead" is one of the funniest movies I have ever had the pleasure of watching as a teenager. John Cusack plays Lane Myer who ends up getting dumped by his highschool sweetheart Beth for the captain of the ski team. After getting dumped, Lane becomes suicidal and attempts to off himself but every time he tries to he fails. His family is totally oblivious to Lane's attempts at suicide. The mother is the funniest member of Lane's family as she cooks up such horrible food. His father is totally oblivious. And Lane's brother is too busy building rockets. If she wasn't hilarious enough, there is Lane's best friend who will just about snort up anything from jello to snow through a straw. Eventually Lane meets the French foreign exchange student who is living with this fat nerd and his obsessive mother. With her help, Lane comes out of his deep funk. One of my personal favorite moments in the film is when Lane daydreams at his job that the fast food he cooks comes to life. I also loved it when Lane sticks q-tips in every orifice on his face. And who can forget about the psychotic paper boy who chases after Lane throughout the entire movie? The characters in this film are all hysterically funny and unforgettable. "Better Off Dead" may not have been a box office hit but it sure was a hit with me. I can still laugh through out the entire movie.Movie Review: Utterly Unbelievable, Lane Myer - Cusack Classic!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
John Cusack has done some campy flicks One Crazy Summer and Better Off Dead. This one far exceeds the first. There are so many funny scenes I don't know where to begin. The soundtrack although disappointing on the CD will not disappoint on the DVD. Too bad no additional footage or goodies like that. To me this was John Cusacks best movie.Favorite Moments (Close your eyes and remember)
1) CHRISTMAS! DO THEY HAVE CHRISTMAS IN FRANCE? CHRISSSSMASSS! Opens picture of Ricky and goes outside and laughs for about 5 minutes on the front step.
2) TWO DOLLARS, PLUS TIP! I don't think there can ever be a more evident line for a movie than this. All you have to say to someone is "TWO DOLLARS!" Chances are if they saw this flick they will say "BETTER OFF DEAD".
3) "DUDE, RIGHT NOW I CAN BE MAKING SOME KILLER EGGNOG FROM LIGHTER FLUID!" "CHICKS WILL GET STERILE JUST LOOKING AT YOU" "BUCK UP LITTLE TROOPER" Charles Demar or Booger as you may have come to know him steals the scene on several occassions.
The funny thing is he teams up with Cusack again in One Crazy Summer.
4) BARNEY RUBBLE ASKING LANE TO GO OUT WITH BETH. Need I say more.
5) IT'S GOT RAISINS IN IT, YOU LIKE RAISINS - With that the green slime crawls off of its plate and across the table.
I could go on for hours, do yourself a favor and buy this movie! If you want to remember the eighties all over again this will bring it all back home. A great cast, script and many, many laughs. Also check out One Crazy Summer, along the same lines.
TWO DOLLARS!
Movie Review: Sorry I blew up your mom...
Summary: 5 Stars
Better Off Dead is one of my favorite 80's movies involving John Cusack. He plays Lane, who is obsessed with his girlfriend, Beth, and becoming part of the very esteemed ski team. But Lane's world is turned upside down during ski tryouts when the ski team captain steals his girl away and denies him a spot on the team. Lane keeps devising ways to kill himself that fortunately (and very comedically) never work out. Meanwhile, the dorky neighbor kid, Ricky & his overbearing mom take in a French foreign exchange student, Monique, and the mom uses this as an opportunity to try to bud a romance between the two. But Monique is anything but attracted to the hideous Ricky who won't keep his "tentacles" to himself. The only thing that saves Lane and Monique from the unpleasantness in their lives in the friendship the two soon form and the incredibly amusing moments that ensue in the midst of it.
This movie is filled with some very hilarious moments...the Japanese guys who always try to race Lane on the streets (one of them learned to speak English by imitating Howard Cosell, sorry if I spelled that incorrectly), Lane's mom's cooking, Pig Burger and the unforgettable claymation burger singing Van Halen's "Everybody Wants Some," and the dinner scene with Lane's family and Ricky's family are just a few of them. If you've never seen this movie, you must have been hiding under a rock, or perhaps you weren't born yet. Those would be your only excuses for not seeing this fun 80's comedy. Most definitely recommended!
Movie Review: Absolute brilliance
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is one that I am so happy is finally on dvd. I continue to watch it again and again. Savage Steve Holland's direction is fantastic, as was his direction in another Cusack film, "One Crazy Summer" (equally worthy of your hard-earned...or not so hard-earned...money). But Cusack...there's a reason Cusack is one of my absolutely favorite actors, and this is one of them.Who has not been in this situation? Who has not pined for someone who wants absolutely nothing to do with you and is only after aesthetics? This film DEFINES the high-school experience, certainly as it existed when I was in high-school (i.e., around the time of this movie). It is filled with humor, sorrow, the total absurd (i.e., Cusack's mother and her creative "meals"), etc. It definitely belongs in the same class as the John Hughes films (Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles...which has another Cusack cameo, Breakfast Club, etc.) as well as the much-loved Cameron Crowe written "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."
Definitely get this film and laugh and cry all over again. It will give you the warm fuzzies as you recall the times of the era of the film, but also make you wonder how the heck you survived such times. Very, very enjoyable and if you're looking at this item anyway, chances are you already know that. In that case, don't hesitate and just get it!
Movie Review: Better Off Dead. Way Better On Blu-ray. Paperboy Still Looking For His $2 By Car.
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is way funny. More funny than any of John Hughes films. Let me tell you this movie will keep you smiling cause this movie is laughable. Lane's obsession with his old girlfriend Beth drove him to attempt suicide numerous of times in humorous ways cause he thinks he has no future with a woman. His mom cooks sea creatures and other weird creatures for dinner. He gets a job at the burger-joint but his boss doesn't like him that much. He goes to the school dance and finds the beautiful french girl there who finds him very attractive and appreciates his well-being. So Lane should be a lucky guy to have her. So he should get over with Beth and just focus on someone who is more loyal to him than she.
Oh and don't forget the lovely Elizabeth Daily who sung at the school dance with a lovely voice. She's one heck of a singer that I totally admire for her talent. How could anyone forget her?! Well, she should never be forgotten cause she's my idol!
Better Off Dead is a movie never to be missed cause this movie is worth seeing and a true teen comedy classic at best. And I do hope it comes on blu-ray real soon cause it'll look alot better on that disc than on dvd barnone.