Better Off Dead Reviews and Ratings



  • March 9, 2008
    I love this movie also john cusack is the best
  • March 5, 2008
    savage steve holland should make more films ... because this happens to be one of the funniest films out there
  • March 4, 2008
    I've L-O-V-E-D this movie since I was a kid in the 80's!
    John Cusak rocks!
  • February 27, 2008
    I've been in this school 7 years Lane, I'm no dummy.
  • February 26, 2008
    My favorite 80's Cusack film bar none.
  • February 26, 2008
    The funniest 80s movie. One of my absolute favorites.
  • February 23, 2008
    Funny I love the kid on the bike "$2.00"
  • February 17, 2008
    One of John Cusack's best to date! Very cute movie! I want my 2 dollars my 2 dolllars!! Great 80's classic! Sweet Bad Ass Camaro he has in this movie too! I love '69 Camaros! Black is soo badass!
  • February 16, 2008
    Gee, Ricky, I"m really sorry your mom blew up!
  • February 15, 2008
    Strange yet humourous.
  • February 9, 2008
    The film is hilarious, and it's characters wonderfully off-beat with perfect dark humor, I just wish the quirkyness of it all had gone to a better formed story or more rootable characters. Still, John Cusack is as amazing as he has always been.
  • February 2, 2008
    I could not love this movie more. There are so many great characters, and true to life situations. If you've ever gone through a break-up you'll relate to the cold nature of an ex, the new boyfriend, and little things like only hearing break-up songs on the radio. Amanda Wyss is ...( read more)so bitchy as his ex-girlfriend that I almost always follow this movie with a skip to her horrible murder in Nightmare on Elm Street. But, then again, I'm a sentimental guy.
  • February 1, 2008
    A very interesting and well acted dark comedy!
  • January 31, 2008
    C+ = Slightly above average
  • January 31, 2008
    the premiere 80s movie. a complete masterpiece of corny bizarre and sappy occurences. "2 dollars!"
  • January 29, 2008
    Funniest line in a movie ever:"Such a shame, throwing away a perfectly good white boy like that." I can't believe John Cusack feels this is one of the worst movies he ever made and regrets doing it! This one defines dark comedy, but the comedy way outweighs the depressing tone.
  • January 29, 2008
    this movie starts to get good when the super-cute French girl starts talking. Savage Steve Holland's satirical sense of humor takes some time to get used to, but it is clever. this is def an 80's classic.
  • January 25, 2008
    Probably the best teen angst movie made where no one takes (real) drugs. Loved the soundtrack
  • January 21, 2008
    Classic, just watched it and its way cool, 80's cheese too nice
  • January 20, 2008
    Classic 80s flick, so just "mellow off." I mean why shouldn't you get 5-stars when you mix claymation, Van Halen, and flipping burgers? It doesn't get any better than that!
  • January 19, 2008
    One of my favorite teen angst movies... story of a fellow loser who wins in the end... I WANT MY 2 DOLLARS!!!
  • January 18, 2008
    it was.........interesting.

    I think the only funny parts involved the chunky boy and his moms, lol.
  • January 15, 2008
    This is admittedly light for a dark comedy. Still, a movie that centers around a teenager unsuccessfully trying to kill himself is dark. More proof that John Cusack is a comic genius. This is the only movie that was made before the 1990's. I think it was the mid-80's. There are r...( read more)eally great comic moments in this film and the characters are fleshed out better than in most comedies.
  • January 9, 2008
    welcome to my life!!!
  • January 5, 2008
    I Love John! The Q-tips, haha! On my "Pretty Ridiculous, But I Still Like 'Em" list. VHS.
  • January 2, 2008
    I could watch this movie on a weekly basis.
  • December 30, 2007
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  • December 22, 2007
    I seam to remember liking this, but I cant remember, I probably saw it in 1985
  • December 18, 2007
    it is good 2.5 stars WHOOT! YAY! HAH HAH I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT!
  • December 16, 2007
    ultimate classic 80's - top pick
  • December 13, 2007
    High School comedy for the 80's!!!
  • December 13, 2007
    Funny 80's movie and an awesome car
  • December 2, 2007
    Such a very funny movie
  • December 1, 2007
    haven't seen it but it looks cool
  • December 1, 2007
    One of my favorite John Cuzak movies. Hilarious!
  • November 28, 2007
    John Cusack is my hero. and I love him forever.
  • November 24, 2007
    "I want my 2 dollars."
  • November 23, 2007
    Awesome for its time and ever more!!
  • November 22, 2007
    I want my two dollars!

    Can't beat a jammin' hamburger...
  • November 21, 2007
    A surreal and cynical masterpiece. "Gee, Ricky. Sorry your mom blew up."
  • November 19, 2007
    I want my two dollars!!! 'Nuff said :)
  • November 17, 2007
    I senselessly love this movie. Quite possibly the best thing to come out of the '80s! :-)
  • November 16, 2007
    This is why we love John Cusack
  • November 16, 2007
    Oh my gosh, I Love this movie! Its so great, it's one of my favorites!
  • November 14, 2007
    Classic 80's schmaltz.

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