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.

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Film Cast:

• Lane Meyer: John Cusack
• Al Meyer: David Ogden Stiers
• Jenny Meyer: Kim Darby
• Johnny Gasparini: Demian Slade
• Beth Truss: Amanda Wyss
• Monique Junot: Diane Franklin
• Badger Meyer: Scooter Stevens
• Charles De Mar: Curtis Armstrong
• Yee Sook Ree: Yuji Okumoto
• Chen Ree: Brian Imada
• Mrs. Smith: Laura Waterbury
• Ricky Smith: Dan Schneider
• Rocko: Chuck Mitchell
• Roy Stalin: Aaron Dozier
• Roy’s Ski Buddy #1: Frank Burt Avalon
• Mr. Kerber: Vincent Schiavelli
• Mailman: Taylor Negron
• Elizabeth Daily: Elizabeth Daily
• Roy’s Ski Buddy #2 (as J. Warren David): Joe W. Davis
• Roy’s Ski Buddy #3: Peter Ellenstein
• Buster: Edward Mehler
• Roller Skater: Thomas Rollerson
• Nerd #1: Toby Iland
• Nerd #2 (as Jonathon Charles Fox): Jonathan Charles Fox
• Nerd #3: Darren Harris
• Jock #1: Randy Stoklos
• Jock #2: Sam High
• Jock #3: David Vaughn
• Chris Cummins: Tina Littlewood
• Tree Trimmer: Steven Williams
• Tree Trimmer’s Helper: Stuart K. Robinson
• Joanne Greenwald (as Rima Delane): Rima Lyn
• Paperboy: Yano Anaya
• Paperboy: Joey Tushnet
• Paperboy: Sebastian Dungan
• Smity: Rick Rosenthal

Film Crew:

• Writer: Savage Steve Holland
• Producer: Michael Jaffe
• Editor: Alan Balsam
• Executive Producer: Gil Friesen
• Original Music Composer: Rupert Hine
• Production Design: Herman F. Zimmerman
• Costume Design: Brad R. Loman
• Hairstylist: Georgina Williams
• Executive Producer: Andrew Meyer
• Director of Photography: Isidore Mankofsky
• Set Decoration: Gary Moreno
• Casting: Caro Jones
• Makeup Artist: James R. Scribner
• Associate Producer: William Strom
• Script Supervisor: Maria Lease
• Music Supervisor: David Anderle
• Property Master: Art Lipschultz
• Second Assistant Director: Jann Dutmer
• Stunt Coordinator: Fred Lerner
• Unit Publicist: Shelley Kirkwood
• Camera Operator: Rick Neff
• First Assistant Camera: Malcolm Brown
• Second Assistant Camera: Frederick Hamm
• Music Editor: Ted Roberts
• Sound Mixer: Bud Alper
• First Assistant Director: Yudi Bennett
• Boom Operator: Gene Ashbrook
• Unit Production Manager: Jack Clements
• Gaffer: Jake Jarrell
• Second Unit Director of Photography: Frank M. Holgate
• Costumer: David Roester
• Assistant Property Master: Bud Peifer Jr.
• Key Grip: Tom Kessenich
• Dolly Grip: Jim Dunford
• Grip: Jan Gould
• Location Manager: Huw Davies
• Transportation Coordinator: David Jernigan
• Associate Editor: Nancy Forner
• Supervising Sound Editor: William Hooper
• Sound Effects Editor: Dick Vandenberg
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Don MacDougall
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Richard Tyler
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: John L. Mack
• Stunts: Faith Minton
• Stunts: Frank Beddor
• Stunts: Jeff Jensen
• Stunts: Sandy Berumen
• Stunts: Greg Wayne Elam
• Stunts: George Fisher
• Stunts: Jean Coulter
• Stunts: Bill Hart
• Stunts: Keith Harvey
• Stunts: Hank Calia
• Stunts: Kent Hays
• Stunts: Wayne King
• Stunts: Johnny Hock
• Stunts: Bill McIntosh
• Stunts: Tom Morga
• Stunts: A. Michael Lerner
• Stunts: Wally Rose
• Stunts: Harvey Parry
• Stunts: Cha Cha Sandoval-McMahon
• Stunts: Debbie Lynn Ross
• Stunts: Rick Seaman
• Stunts: Peter Stader
• Stunts: Sharon Schaffer
• Stunts: Dick Warlock
• Stunts: Mark Yerkes
• Stunts: Neil Summers
• Stunt Double: Jim Dunn
• Stunts: Bruce Paul Barbour
• Special Effects: Roy L. Downey
• Stunts: Chere Rae

Movie Reviews:

• Filipe Manuel Neto: **A stupid teen comedy, but still funny enough.**
• Teenage films are not exactly my “cup of tea”, but I confess that this little comic film pleased me: after being abandoned by his girlfriend who, deep down, didn’t like him and was just trying to be the girlfriend of the most popular boy in the neighborhood, a young man decides to die. After some half-hearted and half-hearted attempts, he ends up turning the situation around in a surprising way.
• It’s a film that has the advantage of being funny, although it’s still as stupid as any other teen film. They treat that snowy hill as if it were a Himalayan peak – they even gave it a name alluding to a real mountain in this range – and good skiing seems to be an obsession for the locals. It’s the most absurd thing in the film, at least for me. We also have a bizarre and disgusting family that lives close to the protagonist and that I wouldn’t want near my house: besides looking like a beautiful group of idiots, I don’t know if those people take baths. There are still some additional oddities, but I won’t say much about them… it’s better to see.
• John Cusack did a good job. Still a teenager, the actor was already showing signs of having talent and knew how to take advantage of opportunities to grow in the artistic world, and here he makes a committed and competent effort. The rest of the cast is much weaker, largely due to characters who are essentially clichés with legs. Diane Franklin escapes thanks to a better character, and competent work from the actress.