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Minha Vida é um Desastre

Título original: Better Off Dead...
  • 1985
  • PG
  • 1 h 37 min
AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb
7,1/10
52 mil
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2.486
John Cusack, Curtis Armstrong, Diane Franklin, Tina Littlewood, Yuji Okumoto, and Dan Schneider in Minha Vida é um Desastre (1985)
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Lane Mayer, é um adolescente que está deprimido por ter perdido a namorada. Ela queria alguém mais bonito, mais popular e com um bom carro. Preferiu ficar com Roy, o capitão de um time de es... Ler tudoLane Mayer, é um adolescente que está deprimido por ter perdido a namorada. Ela queria alguém mais bonito, mais popular e com um bom carro. Preferiu ficar com Roy, o capitão de um time de esqui. Lane tentará ter sua honra de volta.Lane Mayer, é um adolescente que está deprimido por ter perdido a namorada. Ela queria alguém mais bonito, mais popular e com um bom carro. Preferiu ficar com Roy, o capitão de um time de esqui. Lane tentará ter sua honra de volta.

  • Direção
    • Savage Steve Holland
  • Roteirista
    • Savage Steve Holland
  • Artistas
    • John Cusack
    • David Ogden Stiers
    • Kim Darby
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  • AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb
    7,1/10
    52 mil
    SUA AVALIAÇÃO
    POPULARIDADE
    377
    2.486
    • Direção
      • Savage Steve Holland
    • Roteirista
      • Savage Steve Holland
    • Artistas
      • John Cusack
      • David Ogden Stiers
      • Kim Darby
    • 231Avaliações de usuários
    • 58Avaliações da crítica
    • 51Metascore
  • Veja as informações de produção no IMDbPro
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    John Cusack
    John Cusack
    • Lane Meyer
    David Ogden Stiers
    David Ogden Stiers
    • Al Meyer
    Kim Darby
    Kim Darby
    • Jenny Meyer
    Demian Slade
    Demian Slade
    • Johnny Gasparini
    Scooter Stevens
    • Badger Meyer
    Diane Franklin
    Diane Franklin
    • Monique Junot
    Laura Waterbury
    Laura Waterbury
    • Mrs. Smith
    Dan Schneider
    Dan Schneider
    • Ricky Smith
    • (as Daniel Schneider)
    Yuji Okumoto
    Yuji Okumoto
    • Yee Sook Ree
    Brian Imada
    • Chen Ree
    Chuck Mitchell
    Chuck Mitchell
    • Rocko
    Amanda Wyss
    Amanda Wyss
    • Beth Truss
    Curtis Armstrong
    Curtis Armstrong
    • Charles De Mar
    Aaron Dozier
    • Roy Stalin
    Frank Burt Avalon
    • Roy's Ski Buddy #1
    Joe W. Davis
    • Roy's Ski Buddy #2
    • (as J. Warren Davis)
    Peter Ellenstein
    • Roy's Ski Buddy #3
    Vincent Schiavelli
    Vincent Schiavelli
    • Mr. Kerber
    • Direção
      • Savage Steve Holland
    • Roteirista
      • Savage Steve Holland
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    Chrysanthepop

    Suicide Is A Question You Don't Wanna Answer

    Savage Steve Holland's sensational 'Better Off Dead...' is another one of my favourite teen films. I had seen this movie decades ago but didn't catch the name. I've been looking for the nameless film for years and only recently I found out the title and got it immediately.

    Ah, the nostalgic 80s when kids knew how to be young rather than spend their days on the cellphone or behind the computer. The film delightfully spoofs those teen angst movies that were so popular at the time. Lane's ex-girlfriend giving him an excuse that she dumped him for someone better looking and more popular, Lanes failed suicide attempts, Lanes cartoons are among some of the most amusing sequences.

    Holland gives the film a unique treatment. 'Better Off Dead...' has an innovative quality that makes it one of a kind. It includes the adorable claymated romantic Hamburgers, cartoons, a stalking paperboy, a ski competition on one leg, a little brother who's a silent genius and an international language. Holland put a lot of heart in the writing and some of the lines had me rolling on the floor laughing.

    The acting is splendid. The character Lane seems tailor-made for John Cusack. I've always thought of Cusack as an underrated actor and 'Better Off Dead...' is one of the few movies that does justice to his talents (even though this is perhaps one of his first roles). A vivacious Diane Franklin is supercute and she has the loveliest smile. The chemistry between her and Cusack is undeniable and both have excellent comic timing. David Ogden Stiers and Kim Darby are hilarious as the nutty parents. Curtis Armstrong provides some morbidly funny moments.

    To say it in one sentence, 'Better Off Dead...' is one of the rarest examples of teen movies at its best. It already is a classic and while many of us watch it for nostalgic reasons, others may like it simply for the heart and humour.
    7pleiades10

    Bizarre. But disarmingly so.

    John Cusack's girlfriend has just dumped him for the biggest jerk in school, and John deals with the depression, anger, and frustration in humorous ways. Slowly, he finds himself bonding with French exchange student Diane Franklin, a beautiful and clever young woman, that helps to build up Cusack's self-image so he can win his girlfriend back.

    Better Off Dead follows a familiar basic storyline. Main likeable character is dealt a bad hand in life, pulls themselves up by their bootstraps, and ends up triumphing over the people who pushed them down. This formula led to such films as "Animal House", "Revenge of the Nerds", and "Porky's". Not that these films are bad, they are just similar in basic plot.

    Better Off Dead however, adds a bizarre surreal quality unaccomplished by these other films. Perhaps this is due to the claymation hamburger sequence, or the unlikely skiing competition at the end of the film.

    Or perhaps it's due to the parade of familiar faces from other 80's films. John Cusack's best friend is none other than Curtis Armstrong, best known as "Booger" in the Revenge of the Nerds movies. Next door neighbor and consummate slob Dan Schneider is recognizable as "Dennis" from the TV show "Head of the Class". Cusack's boss at the fast food joint is played by Chuck Wallace, the title character from "Porky's". And with a bit part, yet one the funniest in the whole film, Yano Anaya reprises his "Grover Dill" persona from "A Christmas Story" in the form of a vengeful paperboy. I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS!!!!

    Also has some of the funniest lines in 80's teen comedy, such as Franklin's accidental misuse of the word "testicles", and the comment made by an onlooker when Cusack tumbles into a trash truck.

    Definitely better than the majority of 1980's teen comedies.
    thanapeiro

    Stupidly Insane in the best way

    I was introduced to this movie by my dad a few years back during a family vacation, and even though I didn't let him know it then, Better Off Dead has turned out to be one of my favorite movies to come out of the 80's. I'm definitely not the target age audience for this movie - just 17 a few months back - but I can definitely appreciate the film's dry humor and stupid gags throughout.

    As an artist myself I LOVED the little cutaway animated bits, and had to appreciate it knowing that was uncommon for the time, and, in my opinion, is too creative to still be so underused now.

    On the other hand, I can understand why people don't appreciate the way teen suicide is shown, having lost a few friends to it myself, but it's interesting how it's almost come back to mock us now in a way with how lightly and jokingly I see people tossing around the idea of killing themselves at the smallest and silliest things - like a crush dumping them.

    Overall, I know this movie isn't for everyone, being a sort of cult classic as it is, but it is one of the few movies that has brought me and my dad a bit closer recently, so I'll always appreciate it. Better Off Dead will always hold a special place in my heart. :)
    ada1crs

    Brilliantly Surreal

    Better off Dead is definitely one of John Cusack's better 80's teen movies and far superior to the dull 'Say Anything'. The surreal situations and characters (the dreadful cook mother, the homicidal paper boy, Lane's best friend) are wonderful and recall the best work of the Coen brothers, while Cusack's hangdog performance is excellent, standing alongside 'the grifters' and grosse pointe blank as one of the best of his career. It stands as one of the most interesting and original teen movies to ever grace the genre and it is a great shame that writer/director Savage Steve Holland never hit these highs again, spending the remiander of his career languishing in TV hell.

    I cannot praise this film enough.

    **** out of five
    7claudio_carvalho

    Language Lessons

    The teenager Lane Meyer (John Cusack) has a crush on his girlfriend Beth Truss (Amanda Wyss). When Beth dumps him to stay with the successful skier Roy Stalin (Aaron Dozier), Lane is depressed and decides to commit suicide. However he gives up and tries to improve his skill of skier to ski the dangerous K12 slope to impress Beth. Meanwhile his neighbor Mrs. Smith (Laura Waterbury) receives the exchange French student Monique Junot (Diane Franklin) and her fat son Ricky Smith (Daniel Schneider) considers Monique his girlfriend; however, Monique has an unrequited crush on Lane that does not note her. When Lane stumbles upon Monique in a high-school party, he befriends her. The upset Lane challenges Roy in a competition on the K12 slope but then he regrets. However Monique is a great mechanic and skier, and fix Lane's Camaro and teaches him how to ski the K12 slope. What will happen to Lane?

    "Better off Dead" is a cute romantic comedy even thirty-one years later. The story is funny and there are hilarious situations. Further this film has not aged and entertains. Maybe the greatest difference is that in the viewer that enjoyed this cult-movie in 1985 now is able to understand much more Lane's father attitudes. My vote is seven.

    Title (Brazil): "Minha Vida é um Desastre" ("My Life Is a Disaster")

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    • Curiosidades
      According to Savage Steve Holland, the film is mostly autobiographical. He was suicidal when his high school girlfriend left him for the captain of the ski team. Following the film's release, his ex-girlfriend contacted him to apologise.
    • Erros de gravação
      At the final race, the race official signals Lane to go first. The official then sends Roy 5 seconds later, thus suggesting that the race is based on time. Lane beats Roy by only a fraction of a second. Therefore, Roy had the better time and should have won the race.
    • Citações

      Johnny: [49:50]

      [1:08:48]

      Johnny: [1:24:56] Two dollars!

      Paperboy: Two dollars

    • Cenas durante ou pós-créditos
      The last line of the credits reads The film's over... you can go now.
    • Versões alternativas
      Network TV/HBO versions include two additional shots at the end of the film, one being a wide angle shot of the baseball stadium, and the other being a close up shot of Monique and Lane kissing together. Because of the deletion of these shots, the music and sound effects on the current video release are not synchronized with the picture.
    • Conexões
      Featured in At the Movies: Better Off Dead/The Journey of Natty Gann/Commando (1985)
    • Trilhas sonoras
      Breakin' Up Is Hard To Do
      Written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield

      Performed by Neil Sedaka

      Courtesy of RCA Records

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    Detalhes

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    • Data de lançamento
      • 25 de dezembro de 1985 (Brasil)
    • País de origem
      • Estados Unidos da América
    • Idioma
      • Inglês
    • Também conhecido como
      • Más vale muerto
    • Locações de filme
      • Alta, Utah, EUA
    • Empresas de produção
      • CBS Entertainment Productions
      • A&M Films
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    • Faturamento bruto nos EUA e Canadá
      • US$ 10.297.601
    • Fim de semana de estreia nos EUA e Canadá
      • US$ 56.371
      • 25 de ago. de 1985
    • Faturamento bruto mundial
      • US$ 10.297.601
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