Better Off Dead...
1985 · 97 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 50,921 VOTES · DIR. Savage Steve Holland
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 683 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:04:31 You missed! You missed this time, you little menace!
00:07:59 Ricky! Ricky!
00:11:50 You and I share one common desire
00:14:59 I haven't even been to New York City. I haven't been anywhere!
00:17:09 Go over and welcome her to our town. She'd like that.
00:20:59 - Johnny... - Four weeks.
00:23:06 I would like to see the results, please.
00:26:35 - I mean, Roy plays the guitar. - He does?
00:30:07 Just one milk. I'll be OK!
00:33:19 drinking this egg-nog my brother makes with lighter fluid.
00:36:30 You can take that wherever you go
00:39:53 - Your law partner's daughter? - Yes.
00:43:20 I've been searching every day Trying to find another way
00:47:33 Well, nice meeting you. Goodnight. Parlez-vous...?
00:52:24 - Where you going? - To wash my hands.
00:57:06 We've all been waiting for you. Come and sit right down here.
00:59:46 - What do they want? - A race.
01:03:30 Myer, there's one language that I speak that all women understand.
01:06:16 I want my two dollars!
01:08:43 Now all I see is that...that face in my door every time I move.
01:12:40 You think about ways of killing yourself but never do it.
01:19:13 Lane, are you all right?
01:23:23 Get lost! Get out of here! Take a hike, brat!
93:14:01 Bring it home, Momma!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed683
Dialogue density7.0 lines / min
First line00:04:31
Final line93:14:01
Production Record
DirectorSavage Steve Holland
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$10,297,601
IMDb votes50,921