Better Off Dead...1985

What it has in its favor is affability—some owed to Cusack’s gawky young charisma, some to Holland’s goofy tone and lightly surreal sense of humor, and still more to a cast where even the villains are mostly likeable...To paraphrase the opening narration in The Big Lebowski, Better Off Dead is the movie for its time and place. It fits right in there.

荒诞不经又傻气可爱的爱情小品，每个角色即使夸张也不惹人讨厌，老妈做的黑暗料理，老爸永远补不好的车库玻璃，闷声搞大事的弟弟，为了2美金上演雪道追逐的小报童，充满灵气的法国姑娘，当然最让人心生荡漾的是帅气稚嫩的John Cusack~没有那么深刻，贵在自然轻松。

Some of the gags in Better Off Dead have a lot more cleverness than the material - just another silly story about a lovesick high school boy and the cute, annoying habits of his friends and family - might warrant.