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It is the mid-eighties, and in a wealthy suburb 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 a way to get what he wants.
He successfully dupes his parents into believing he is ill in order to stay at home, much to the frustration of his sister Jeanie who sees through his act.
Once home alone, he gets his best friend Cameron to snap out of his prostrated state of miserable hypocondria and join him in his plan to skip school and spend the day in downtown Chicago.
Cameron helps him to fend off the suspicions of Mr. Rooney, the school's Dean of students, who knows Ferris' history of playing the
system and is determined not to let him get away with 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 him in case he tries to probe into his absence from school... but what he doesn't know is just how determined the Dean is to catch him out, and that his own sister is bent on putting an end to his run of luck.
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The film is an 80s classic, and is also considered one of the best teen movies of all-time.
When I first saw it I was 8 years old. I thought back then that it was one of the most entertaining films I had ever seen, and over a decade later, when I saw it for the second time, I had to uphold my original opinion: It is one the most entertaining films I have ever seen.
Almost 23 years after its release, the film has not dated: what was funny then is still funny now, what was ridiculous remains the same, and so on and so forth.
Matthew Broderick gives a stellar performance as golden-boy Ferris, who seemingly can do no wrong. He does manage to make it believeable that Ferris could pull all that stuff off and also makes this know-it-all character likeable and endearing.
Alan Ruck is excellent as repressed and depressed rich boy Cameron, who gets dragged along in his best friend's wild schemes despite his reluctance.
Mia Sara is also good. She doesn't have all that many lines comparatively to Broderick or Ruck, and her role is mainly as Ferris's arm-candy, yet her Sloane has a distinct presence, and a strength and irreverence that match Ferris's charisma and audacity.
Jeffrey Jones is outstanding as Dean Edward R. Rooney, inexorable in his pursuit of the wayward student.
And what to say about Jennifer Grey? She is probably best known as Baby from Dirty Dancing, the one no one puts in a corner. Yet to me, her most memorable role is as Ferris Bueller's pissed-off, resentful sister. She is magnificent, seething with anger as her brother flaunts every rule without consequence.
Now the low-points. There are only two things I dislike (apart from the terrible, annoying music at the end):
- Cameron's parental conflict. This is very common to 80s comedies (and even nowadays): a serious segment in an otherwise comic story, that deals with some grave topic in contrast to the tone of the rest of the film. It is my least favourite part of the film, because it causes a change in mood and breaks the flow of the story.
- Charlie Sheen as the drug dealer at the police station: Sure, Jeanie needed to loosen up, but the guy comes off too sleazy to be attractive, IMO.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is an outstanding comedy, and a true classic, and I highly recommend it to every one.
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