Average Rating: 7.6/10
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Matthew Broderick charms in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, a light and irrepressibly fun movie about being young and having fun.
Average Rating: 5/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 3
Matthew Broderick charms in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, a light and irrepressibly fun movie about being young and having fun.
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Teenaged Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is a legend in his own time thanks to his uncanny skill at cutting classes and getting away with it. Intending to make one last grand duck-out before graduation, Ferris calls in sick, "borrows" a Ferrari, and embarks on a one-day bacchanal through the streets of Chicago. Dogging Ferris' trail at every turn is high-school principal Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), determined to catch Bueller in the act of class-cutting. Writer/director John Hughes once again
Jun 11, 1986 Wide
Oct 19, 1999
Paramount Pictures
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Here is a dream as old as adolescence, and it is fun to be reminded of its ageless potency, especially in a movie as good-hearted as this one.
Ferris Bueller exhibits John Hughes on an off day. Paucity of invention here lays bare the total absence of plot or involving situations.
The overriding impression is one of utter nihilism, of a world divided into bored, crassly materialistic teenagers and doltish, unfeeling adults.
In this film [Hughes] has created a character who is every teen-ager's fantasy, but in the process he has lost some of the authenticity of his other films.
The film's heart is in the right place, and Ferris Bueller is slight, whimsical and sweet.
Proof, the best in the filmmaker's career, that a movie doesn't need to bend over backwards for Meaning to be absolutely great.
its willingness to break convention and throw us into the fantastical, but strangely believable world of its characters makes Ferris Bueller not only Hughes's best teen films, but one of the best teen films ever made
Hilarious comedy classic; language makes it PG-13.
Extras include a half dozen enjoyable little featurettes, which include both content filmed back in the 1980s and retrospective material from much more recently.
The quintessential teen comedy, this is a movie that could and should serve as a model for movies of this sort in the future.
The picture quality is a step up, but Paramount's production team clearly took the day off when it came time to bring Ferris Bueller to Blu-Ray.
One has to marvel at just how perfectly Hughes nails his frustratingly entitled mise-en-scène, which he unquestionably does in the film's mesmerizing detour inside an art museum.
Take a clue from Ferris: If you're going to cut, do it right. (25th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition)
It's an airhead teen film that nevertheless caught the public's fancy and still remains a popular cult favorite.
There is a degree of rebellion in Ferris and a dash of teenage angst in Cameron, but basically Hughes is handing us a joyful bit of fluff.
Sporadically hilarious, with roots that run far deeper than expected.
There are some great comic set pieces with a seize-the-day vibe for teens. Broderick is amiably charismatic and high school dean Jones almost matches him in comic skill.
Broderick brings some real charm and chutzpah to the part.
A comedy classic.
Not only captures what being a teenager and a high schooler felt like, but also embodies what life ought to be like.
Ferris is an admittedly entertaining, at times delightful fellow. How unfortunate that no one got to wring the little bastard's neck.
Ferris Bueller is simply irresistible. He's charming, he's funny, and he can do anything and never get noticed by his father or Principal Rooney. He talks to the camera as he shares the story of the one day he skipped school and got his best friend and his girlfriend to join him (his best friend is already sick, and
June 28, 2011Super Reviewer
Clever, sophisticated, yet inadvertently outrageously hilarious, it was made to entertain and it did just that, if I wasn't in stitches, I was immersed into the holy guide I have been given.
October 29, 2011
Super Reviewer
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