Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 06/11/1986(USA)
Release Date: 08/05/2008
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 102 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Suitable for Teens
Distributor/Studio: Paramount
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 tries to wed
satire,
slapstick, and social commentary, as
Ferris Bueller's Day Off starts like a house afire and goes on to make "serious" points about status-seeking and casual parental cruelties. It brightens up considerably in the last few moments, when
Ferris' tattletale sister (
Jennifer Grey) decides to align herself with her merry prankster sibling. A huge moneymaker,
Ferris Bueller's Day Off eventually spawned a TV
sitcom.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
;)
