Insanity doesn't run in the family, it gallops.
High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.
- 6.6
- 1985
- Released
- 1h 37m
John Cusack
Lane Meyer
Amanda Wyss
Beth Truss
Diane Franklin
Monique Junot
Aaron Dozier
Roy Stalin
Curtis Armstrong
Charles De Mar
David Ogden Stiers
Al Meyer
Kim Darby
Jenny Meyer
Demian Slade
Johnny GaspariniLaura Waterbury
Mrs. Smith
Yuji Okumoto
Yee Sook Ree
Brian Imada
Chen ReeScooter Stevens
Badger Meyer
Chuck Mitchell
RockoFrank Burt Avalon
Roy's Ski Buddy #1
Vincent Schiavelli
Mr. Kerber
Taylor Negron
Mailman
E. G. Daily
Elizabeth DailyJoe W. Davis
Roy's Ski Buddy #2 (as J. Warren David)Peter Ellenstein
Roy's Ski Buddy #3
Edward Mehler
BusterThomas Rollerson
Roller SkaterToby Iland
Nerd #1Jonathan Charles Fox
Nerd #2 (as Jonathon Charles Fox)Darren Harris
Nerd #3Randy Stoklos
Jock #1Sam High
Jock #2David Vaughn
Jock #3Tina Littlewood
Chris Cummins
Steven Williams
Tree Trimmer
Stuart K. Robinson
Tree Trimmer's HelperRima Lyn
Joanne Greenwald (as Rima Delane)
Yano Anaya
PaperboyJoey Tushnet
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Released
en
$10,297,601.00
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- #suicidal
- #teen comedy
- #snow skiing
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- #duringcreditsstinger
- #skiing
- #hilarious
- #admiring
- #familiar
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**A stupid teen comedy, but still funny enough.** Teenage films are not exactly my “cup of tea”, but I confess that this little comic film pleased me: after being abandoned by his girlfriend who, deep down, didn't like him and was just trying to be the girlfriend of the most popular boy in the neighborhood, a young man decides to die. After some half-hearted and half-hearted attempts, he ends u