Better Off Dead...
Summary: After his girlfriend Beth Truss ditches him for boorish ski jock Roy Stalin, sad-sack high-school student Lane Meyer decides that suicide is the only answer, but his inept attempts bring him nothing but agony and embarrassment.
Runtime: 1 h 37 min
MPAA: PG
Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 10,297,601
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