As the end of his senior year at high school beckons, Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) knows that after taking far too many days off, he has to make his final one as fun and memorable as possible. After fooling his parents into believing that he is far too ill to attend school, he sets about ... Read review
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model for all those who take themselves too seriously. A guy who knows the value of a day off.Ferris Bueller's day off chronicles the events in the day of a rather ma...
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magical sense of serendipity. He's a model for all those who take themselves too seriously. A guy who knows the value of a day off.Ferris Bueller's Day Off chronicles the events in the day of a rather magical young man, Ferris (Matthew Broderick). One spring day, toward the end of his senior year, Ferris gives in to an overwhelming urge to cut school and head for downtown Chicago with his girl (Mia Sara) and his best friend (Alan Ruck), to see the sights, experience a day of freedom and show that with a little ingenuity, a bit of courage and a red Ferrari, life at 17 can be a joy!PLAINS, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILESNeal Page is an advertising executive who just wants to fly home to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with his family. But all Neal Page gets is misery. Misery named Del Griffith - a loud mouthed, but nevertheless lovable, salesman who leads Neal on a cross-country, wild goose chase that keeps Neal from tasting his turkey.Steve Martin (Neal) and John Candy (Del) are absolutely wonderful as two guys with a knack for making the worst of a bad situation. If it's painful, funny, or just plain crazy, it happens to Neal and Del in Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Every traveller's nightmare in a comedy-come-true!
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Advantages: Brilliant 80s teen flick Disadvantages: None
...year at high school beckons, Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) knows that after taking far too many days off, he has to make his final one as fun and memorable as possible. After fooling his parents into believing that he is far too ill to attend school, he sets about masterminding his last big day off. Calling on the assistance of his genuinely sick friend, Cameron (Alan Ruck), they go about spinning a web of lies to spring Ferris's girlfriend, ... ...uncover the truth and bring Ferris to justice. On top of this, Ferris's sister, Jeanie (Jennifer Grey), becomes jealous of her brothers popularity amongst his peers and attempts to unveil him as the fraud he really is.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is, in my opinion, the best teenage movie ever made. Released back in 1986, a very memorable year for good movies, Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a light hearted, semi-fantasy style comedy, ... more
As the end of his senior year at high school beckons, Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) knows that after taking far too many days off, he has to make his final one as fun and memorable as possible. After fooling his parents into believing that he is far too ill to attend school, he sets about masterminding his last big day off. Calling on the assistance of his genuinely sick friend, Cameron (Alan Ruck), they go about spinning a web of lies to spring Ferris's girlfriend, Sloane (Mia Sara), out of school. With everything in place, they borrow Cameron's father's prize Ferrari and head off to Chicago, having audaciously picked up Sloane from the steps of the High School.
As the trio enjoy the sights and sounds of Chicago. The schools principle, Ed Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), smells something fishy and goes on a one man campaign to uncover the truth and bring Ferris to justice. On top of this, Ferris's sister, Jeanie (Jennifer Grey), becomes jealous of her brothers popularity amongst his peers and attempts to unveil him as the fraud he really is.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is, in my opinion, the best teenage movie ever made. Released back in 1986, a very memorable year for good movies, Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a light hearted, semi-fantasy style comedy, which follows the exploits of one boy and his two friends as they play truant from school. I say semi-fantasy because although it is set in real life, the exploits are what teenage dreams are made off. From driving a top notch, Italian sports car, to leading the streets of Chicago in an all singing and dancing rendition of the Beatles "Twist and Shout". On top of the living the dream exploits, we have the wonderful creative elements, where Ferris has used his imagination to create ingenious systems to disguise the fact that indeed he wasn't sick and that he had left his bed for a day of merriment, such as the dummy in his bed which moves whenever the door is opened.
In the lead role of Ferris Bueller, is Matthew Broderick (War Games) who somewhat surprisingly puts in a flawless performance. I say surprisingly, because prior to Ferris Bueller's Day Off, I was only aware of Broderick for his role as a computer geek in "War Games", so watching him playing such a different sort of character was, in my mind, amazing. Broderick displays so much charisma in front of the camera, you can't but help watch this over confident kid ride his luck over and over again. Opposite Broderick, as Cameron, is Alan Ruck (Twister) whose performance as the slightly up tight and depressed friend works perfectly as a foil for Ferris's exuberance for life. One of the funniest scenes is where Ferris has talked Cameron into pretending to be his girlfriend's father, so that he can get her released from school by telling a pack of lies to the school's principle. Although there are many other worthy performances from the likes of Jeffrey Jones, Mia Sara, Jennifer Grey and Edie McClurg, it is down to the performances from Broderick and Ruck as to why this film is so good on the acting front. There is also a brief appearance from Charlie Sheen as a boy in a police station, but this came before he really hit celebrity status.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is written and directed by John Hughes and for me, this marked his departure from making teenage movies, such as "The Breakfast Club" and showed some of the ideas that he would go on to use in child based movies, such as "Home Alone". In true Hughes style, he has constructed a movie which really appeals to the imagination of its target audience as well as providing entertainment for any other non target viewers. The sound track is generally unmemorable until you reach the carnival scene, where you are treated to two memorable songs and performances. Firstly, there is the gentle "Danke Schoen" followed by the lively Beatles number "Twist and Shout".
= The Cast =======
Matthew Broderick .... Ferris Bueller Alan Ruck .... Cameron Frye Mia Sara .... Sloane Peterson Jeffrey Jones .... Ed Rooney Jennifer Grey .... Jeanie Bueller Edie McClurg .... Grace, the Secretary Charlie Sheen .... Boy in Police Station Ben Stein .... Economics Teacher Richard Edson .... Garage Attendant
======= Technical Details =============
Certificate: 15 Length: 102 mins Originally released: 1986
======= Bonus Material =============
The only real bonus material on the disc is an audio commentary from John Hughes. Although interesting and informative, at times the information on how scenes were constructed seemed to be very vague often followed by long periods of silence.
=========== The Film's Message =================
If you really look deep into the film, you see that it attempts to demonstrate that life is for living and not for wishing away. In reality, the film comes across more as one very enjoyable film, especially for those who remember it from the 80s.
========== Conclusion & Rating ================
In my opinion, this is one of the best and most memorable teenage movies ever made. Unlike today's crop of teenage movies which rely on gross out comedy, Ferris Bueller's Day Off entertains you through some clean comedy, memorable scenes and the ability to understand the feelings of its target teenage audience. Sadly, having reached it's 20th year, it does feel very dated, but is still a wonderful trip down memory lane for those who watched it on it's initial release.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is available on Amazon for just £5.97.========= Memorable quotes ===============Economics Teacher: Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? Simone: Um, he's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious. Economics Teacher: Thank you, Simone Simone: No problem whatsoever.
Grace: Oh, he's very popular Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.
Advantages: very funny and good storyline Disadvantages: wish the film was longer
...centres around the main character Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) who is a regular truant from school, much to the annoyance of the dean of students Mr Edward Rooney (Jeffrey Jones) who is eager to pin something on Ferris for the number of years in which Ferris has made his life hell. Ferris has already skipped school 8 times in one year and is planning to make his ninth the best yet. It reminded me of the many times that I tried to convince my ... ...obviously wasn't the master that Ferris was at this and never achieved the feat. Plot Summary:
He manages to convince his parents that he is far too ill to go to school, using pre-recorded coughing and sneezing sounds to fool them and producing an enormously high reading when he takes his temperature, again a fraud. Once he has done this he hoes about planning how to spend his day off. He contacts his best friend Cameron (Alan Ruck), who ironically ...
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Ferris Bueller's Day off is the story of one boy who decides that he needs a day off school, but not alone, oh NO, he wants his friend and his girlfriend to join him on the great day off.
Some background first, Ferris Bueller is the cool kid in town, he is loved by everyone (except his sister and Head Master) and generally gets away with just about everything that he has ever set his mind to. One morning he decides to take the day off and fakes ... ...Head Master trying to catch Ferris and his sister just being annoyed at all he does.
My Thoughts:
Now this is in my opinion one of the best films ever made. It is funny, entertaining and just about brilliant in all that it does.
Now you might be asking what (from my poor description above) is just so entertaining about this film. Well firstly, despite being Mr Cool himself, Ferris Bueller is just one of those guys that you want to succeed and ...
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Advantages: Feelgood flick Disadvantages: Loses its way somewhat
...movie, it oozes America, from Ferris Bueller's name (see, the nonsensical ramblings in the first paragraph were actually making a point... haha!) to the way it defines a missing generation of American life, the generation that came before what we would now call Generation X (no, not the band of merry mutants, those of you who read comics), the 'slacker' generation. The generation we are dealing with here are so adeptly dealt with in films by the ... ...too much away, is that Ferris Bueller, a figure of much adoration among his peers (in a way it reminded me of Van Wilder), decides to take a pretend he is ill (on the verge of death, even) to take a day off school and take his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron to Chicago for a wild day out of fun and adventure in the big city. Back home, his sister Jeanie (played by Jennifer Grey, her off Dirty Dancing) and his principal Ed Rooney conspire ...
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Advantages: Great 80's teenage movie! Disadvantages: Cheesey!
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off! 1986
“One mans struggle to take it easy!”
Running time: 103mins
Rating: 15
Starring: Matthew Broderick: Ferris Bueller
Alan Ruck: Cameron Frye
Mia Sara: Sloane Peterson
Jeffrey Jones: Ed Rooney
Jennifer Grey: Jeanie Bueller
Cindy Pickett: Katie Bueller
Lyman Ward: Tom Bueller
Director: John Hughes: John Hughes is known fore directing a great many 8o’s cult teen movies for example, “The Breakfast Club”, “Weird ... ...he would have you believe. Ferris has other plans for his day and they involve his best friend Cameron. Cameron is already off sick. He is always sick and Ferris is determined to show him a good time. Their fist task for the day is to get Ferris’s girl friend Sloane Peterson out of school; together they master a plan to fool the Dean of Students Ed Rooney into believing that Sloane’s grandmother had died.
With his best friend and girl friend in ...
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Advantages: Great fun. A real 80s classic Disadvantages: None
...of Chicago, high school senior Ferris Bueller decides he wants to squeeze out one last day off school, knowing that if he gets caught he will not be allowed to graduate. Ferris is not just any regular high school student. He is a clever, self-confident young man who has managed to achieve that most elusive of status - that of pan-popularity, being truly liked by every faction of his high school crowd - and who also has the ability to generally find ... ...it any more. Ferris manages to convince Cameron to let him take his father's pride and joy, the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California, out of its glass garage and on their outing. The two of them drive to school to pick up Ferris's girlfriend Sloane, as pre-arranged, and they set off for a day of fun and adventure. Resourseful as ever and aware of the Dean's mistrust towards him, Ferris has taken precautions and put in place several strategies to elude ...
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Advantages: Really good film, lots of decent extras Disadvantages: cheesy 80s soundtrack (for some that will be advantage!)
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Comes as the standard dvd, as a special edition with two discs or on many sites in a pack containing FerrisBuellersDayOff and Beverley Hills Cop. A quick glance around the obvious online retailers shows the standard dvd available from play.com (£2.99 delivered), amazon.com (£3.98 delivered) although hmv.com has the standard dvd for £13.99 it is often included in 3 for £15 / £20 deals and such. Overall due to the popularity and age of Top Gun it is available almost everywhere and represents a bargain in most cases.
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Ferris Bueller is a high school student who gets an uncontrollable urge to head for downtown Chicago. Accompanied by his girl and best friend they set out to have some fun.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT; TECHNICOLOR DIST. SERVICES
Release date
31/07/2000
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
PHE 8012
Barcode
5014437801234
Production Designer
John W. Corso
Screenwriter
John Hughes
Choreographer
Kenny Ortega
Composer
John Robie, Ira Newborn, Arthur Baker, John Hughes
Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is a tricky but harmless fast-talker. But he knows how to have fun, which is exactly what he sets out to do when he feigns illness and talks his parents into letting him stay home from school. The perpetually lucky Ferris enlists his hypochondriac best friend, Cameron Frye (Alan Ruck), into springing his girlfriend, Sloane Peterson (Mia Sara), from class, and the three embark on a raucous downtown Chicago adventure. From Wrigley Field to the Art Institute of Chicago to a Polish pride parade, Ferris and his friends make the most of their day off. But Ferris, Sloane, and Cameron might not get away with playing hooky. Ferris's sister, Jeanie (Jennifer Grey), is determined to prove that Ferris is faking sick and make him pay for it, and the bumbling school dean, Ed Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), is sure that Ferris is pulling a fast one. Another classic from writer-director John Hughes (SIXTEEN CANDLES, THE BREAKFAST CLUB), this film features a star turn from Broderick as the charismatic Ferris. Watch for Charlie Sheen as the juvenile delinquent in the police station and comedian Louie Anderson in a brief appearance as a flower deliveryman. Conniving Shermer, Ill. high school student Bueller spends his ninth school absence in the company of his kvetchy best friend Cameron and girlfriend Sloane, tearing through downtown Chicago on a mad quest for fun. The ruse seems perfect, right down to Cameron's dad's "borrowed" Ferrari, but Ferris' nemesis, high school principal Ed Rooney, is determined to bring the truants to justice.
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