Better Off Dead

Better off Dead is a very funny movie about a teenager, Lane Myer (John Cusack), who is totally obsessed with his fickle girlfriend Beth (Amanda Wyss).

Unfortunately for Lane, she dumps him for the "best skiier" in school, Roy Stallin (Aaron Dozier), whom Lane has lost his skiing crown to, because she wants to "be seen with someone more popular", and Lane becomes depressed.

Beth thinks Lane is a "no show". In fact he's being harrassed by two foreign men, the Asian 'Howard Cosell' brothers, who try to race him at every traffic light, blowing up people's mothers, running from the psycho paper boy Johnny, who wants his two dollars and trying to learn to ski the K-12 mountain.

As his life worsens, Lane tries various ways to kill himself over his obsession but he can't even get that done right. He always seems to chicken out each time.

He also has a younger brother Badger Myer (Scooter Stevens) who picks up trashy women and builds all kinds of strange things throughout the movie.

Meanwhile, across the street a french foreign exchange student, Monique (Diane Franklin), moves in with the "dorkhead" Ricky Smith (Dan Schneider) and his mother (Laura Waterbury).

Poor Monique gets harrassed by the "dorkhead". Everytime she is near him, with Mrs. Smith pushing them into the "international language", Monique plays stupid.

Finally Lane and Monique meet and restore a beautiful Classic Camaro and become friends. While trying the entire time to get Beth back Lane finds out he is not the big loser after all and he really is happier without her...