Thursday, October 17, 2019

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Genre: Comedy
Directed by: John Hughes
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck
Running Time: 103 minutes



Ferris Bueller is the popular kid in school. Towards the end of his last school year before graduation, Bueller fakes an illness to spend the day with his girlfriend Sloane and his hypochondriac best friend Cameron going around Chicago to have fun. School principal  Rooney does not trust Bueller, who has a history of absenteeism, so he tries to catch him in the act of ditching class.

This film is a classic of my youth. They used to show it to us in school, which I never really understood. Maybe the powers-that-be wanted to pretend to be cool. This is a feel-good movie. The characters are fun, and you want them to have a good day off from school. The acting was really good and the movie-making work of John Hugues was also solid. Many scenes, such as the parade (which is kind of illogical for the afternoon of a non-holiday), the role call of Bueller, Bueller, and the car crash will remain in the memory of movie fans forever.
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