One of my favorite teen comedies. The story is offbeat and goes places that most movies like it wouldn't dare. John Cusack is just too perfect at being a lovable goofball. I like that the story didn't revolve around morality, but shear coincidence. It's a really smart plot that w...( read more)
My second favorite movie. It shows early in his career that he was great at comedy.
This movie is so much, it's the best comedy Cusack has ever made. Their is a predictability to the entire story, from the "ski-off" to the "romantic hookup", but it's funny enough you can forgive it those faults.
Silly comedy. It's almost a cartoon.
Tree Trimmer: [to fellow tree trimmer] Now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that.
I'm either too old or too cranky (or both) to derive much pleasure from watching a barely pubescent John Cusack pursue a prototypical prom queen in a prototypical 80's angst film. This is basically Teen Wolf without the "wolf".
One of the few teen comedies to stand shoulder to shoulder with John Hughes' back-catalogue, Better Off Dead is a weird hybrid of the teen genre, pulling in strange fantasy elements that were (unfortunately) reined in/diluted for the director's later movies.
This is one of th...( read more)
They really dont make movies like this anymore, although a little odd in some scenes, its a great movie.
Thoroughly winning teen film about a young man who is dumped by his girlfriend. He then sets out to impress her in an attempt to win her back. Extremely inventive comedy has brilliant touches of surrealism that perfectly complement the story. All in all, a fairly predictable p...( read more)
THis movie had me laughing non stop, it just so crazy its so great!!!! Definite Classic
I thought this was going to be another predictable 80's romp (like a dude version of Sixteen Candles or something)...but it was SO much better.
It was as if someone from 2005 went back 20 years into the past to film an 80's movie, and because they're totally aware of the cliches...( read more)
I really really really enjoyed this.
"I once built a bird house, but it was condemned by the fair housing committee
Now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that.
one of the funnies freakin movie i ever saw. Curtis Armstrong is hilarious.
I am a big fan of Cusak and 80's movie so this is a perfect fit! I like the french girl too!
Hilarious! Cusack is fantastic, and the comedy is brilliant. Check it out!
Has to be added to the list of the classic 80s comedies. Kind of had a scrubs and family guy feel to it which was pretty cool. Funny how Cusack kept trying to kill himself and it just seemed funny the whole time.
this movie is frickin' hilarious...a well-deserved cult that followed.
There's just something so so so wrong about a madcap comedy about a suicidal teen. Cusack is always good though. A completely misguided film.
this is the best movie in the world. i absolutely love it. everyone should watch it. it's in my top 5
