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Better Off Dead (1985)
Director: Savage Steve Holland
Writer: Savage Steve Holland
Cast: John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Kim Darby
'A teenager has to deal with his girlfriend dumping him among family crises, homicidal paper boys, and a rival skier.'
Better Off Dead was a fun distraction for a Saturday night evening...it went well with the pizza that I made. The pizza didn't turn out great and was only OK but it was filling and that's how I found the movie.
Better Off Dead is well made with a personable cast, My favorite was the French exchange student, she paired well with a crusty and sometimes saucy John Cusack.
The film's broad style of comedy is what is refereed to as sight gags, It's jokes reminded me of the beloved comedy, Airplane. The problem is I'm one of the few people on the planet who hated Airplane...I just don't like broad comedy sight gags. I prefer my comedy to come from the situation or the character's personality. So Better Off Dead didn't really work for me, even though I can see it would be to many people's liking. I did laugh a few times and all the characters were interesting and I have no real complaints. I dug the snow and skiing scenes which were actually shot on a mountain and so that was great to see.
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Better Off Dead (1985)
Director: Savage Steve Holland
Writer: Savage Steve Holland
Cast: John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Kim Darby
Genre: Comedy, Romance
'A teenager has to deal with his girlfriend dumping him among family crises, homicidal paper boys, and a rival skier.'
Better Off Dead was a fun distraction for a Saturday night evening...it went well with the pizza that I made. The pizza didn't turn out great and was only OK but it was filling and that's how I found the movie.
Better Off Dead is well made with a personable cast, My favorite was the French exchange student, she paired well with a crusty and sometimes saucy John Cusack.
The film's broad style of comedy is what is refereed to as sight gags, It's jokes reminded me of the beloved comedy, Airplane. The problem is I'm one of the few people on the planet who hated Airplane...I just don't like broad comedy sight gags. I prefer my comedy to come from the situation or the character's personality. So Better Off Dead didn't really work for me, even though I can see it would be to many people's liking. I did laugh a few times and all the characters were interesting and I have no real complaints. I dug the snow and skiing scenes which were actually shot on a mountain and so that was great to see.
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