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.
Directed by Savage Steve Holland
duck
nerd
paperboy
suicidal
teen comedy
snow skiing
aftercreditsstinger
duringcreditsstinger
skiing
hilarious
admiring
familiar
Rank
#33 in 1985·#3101 overall
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Letterboxd
3.5 / 5
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Cast
John Cusack
Lane Meyer
Amanda Wyss
Beth Truss
Diane Franklin
Monique Junot
Curtis Armstrong
Charles De Mar
David Ogden Stiers
Al Meyer
Kim Darby
Jenny Meyer
Demian Slade
Johnny Gasparini
Dan Schneider
Ricky Smith
Yuji Okumoto
Yee Sook Ree
Brian Imada
Chen Ree
Chuck Mitchell
Rocko
Vincent Schiavelli
Mr. Kerber
Crew
Savage Steve Holland
Director
Savage Steve Holland
Writer
Rupert Hine
Original Music Composer
Isidore Mankofsky
Director of Photography
Michael Jaffe
Producer
Tom Morga
Stunts
Bill Hart
Stunts
Johnny Hock
Stunts
A. Michael Lerner
Stunts
George Fisher
Stunts
Harvey Parry
Stunts
Sandy Berumen
Stunts
Popular Reviews
345 reviews
مقتدى
7.0★ · 05/15/26
الركضه مال ريكي متعوب عليها
الركضه مال ريكي متعوب عليها
ren
10.0★ · 04/29/26
i stand with the kid who wouldn't move on from two dollars, i mean in this economy?!
i stand with the kid who wouldn't move on from two dollars, i mean in this economy?!
malia
9.0★ · 04/29/26
john cusack has such a particular ambiance and i love it
john cusack has such a particular ambiance and i love it
Samantha
3.0★ · 04/21/26
Somehow the dancing hamburgers weren’t the weirdest part of this movie
Somehow the dancing hamburgers weren’t the weirdest part of this movie
ktrqw.
10.0★ · 04/19/26
“now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that”
“now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that”
