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Better Off Dead... (1985) Movie Reviews

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

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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... (1985) review at Mutant Reviewers From Hell

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Needcoffee.com - DVD Review

Before the days of Being John Malkovich, John Cusack made his name in Hollywood in exactly one fashion - he was perpetually cast as the vaguely lovable but goofy teenager constantly mooning over any of a variety of girls, and inevitably ending up in love...read the complete Better Off Dead... (1985) review at Needcoffee.com - DVD Review

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Michael D's Region 4 DVD Info Page

Ah, the 1980s - an era that is hard to forget for anyone who actually lived through it. It's a decade that produced so many memorable items, but memorable mostly for all the wrong reasons. However, something that came to prominence in the movie world...read the complete Better Off Dead... (1985) review at Michael D's Region 4 DVD Info Page