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Better Off Dead... (1985) Rank 4 Reviews

Expert Review Summary

Movie critics combined give Better Off Dead... (1985) a score of 3.0377 out of 4

based on (30) reviews

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Excellent

(3)

Very Good

(25)

Good

(2)

Fair

(0)

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Mutant Reviewers From Hell

Ah, I love 80's flicks. More specifically, I love 80's flicks because they just had the talent of not taking themselves too seriously. They weren't out to impress the cool kids in school; often, they shared a strong spiritual bond with the geeks, the ...read the complete Better Off Dead... movie review at Mutant Reviewers From Hell

eFilmCritic

Oh. You want to hear about this movie. Well, Lane Meyer (Cusack) gets dumped on his ass by dream girl Beth (Amanda Wyss), and he's whining and moping away with his dorky friends Charles DeMar (Curtis Armstrong) - that snorts jello, Monique (Diane ...read the complete Better Off Dead... movie review at eFilmCritic

filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Did kids in 1985 "get" Better Off Dead? John Cusack wouldn't become a teen idol until 1989's Say Anything..., and here his combination loser/geek/skiing stud might come off as hard to relate to. I don't know, I still love this movie, with ...read the complete Better Off Dead... movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)