Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
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84% of critics liked it
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89% of users liked it
(655,810 ratings)
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… More 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, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Hughes
- Written By
- John Hughes
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jun 11, 1986 Wide
- On DVD
- Oct 19, 1999
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
A film that doesn't seem to know what it's about until the end.
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Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
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.
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Variety Staff, Variety
Ferris Bueller exhibits John Hughes on an off day. Paucity of invention here lays bare the total absence of plot or involving situations.
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The overriding impression is one of utter nihilism, of a world divided into bored, crassly materialistic teenagers and doltish, unfeeling adults.
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, Time Out
Ferris is an admittedly entertaining, at times delightful fellow. How unfortunate that no one got to wring the little bastard's neck.
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Cast
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Matthew Broderick
as Ferris Bueller
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Alan Ruck
as Cameron Frye
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Mia Sara
as Sloane Peterson
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Jeffrey Jones
as Ed Rooney
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Jennifer Grey
as Jeanie Bueller
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Cindy Pickett
as Katie Bueller
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Lyman Ward
as Tom Bueller
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Edie McClurg
as School Secretary
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Charlie Sheen
as Boy in Police Station
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Del Close
as English Teacher
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Virginia Capers
as Florence Sparrow
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Richard Edson
as Garage Attendant
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Larry Flash Jenkins
as Attendant's Co-Pilot
- Jason Robert Alderman
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Louie Anderson
as Flower Deliveryman
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Stephanie Blake
as Singing Nurse
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Scott Coffey
as Economic Student
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Joey Garfield
as Shermerite
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Robert Kim
as Police Officer
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Max Perlich
as Economics Student
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Dee Dee Rescher
as Bus Driver
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Anne Ryan
as Shermerite
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Eric Saiet
as Shermerite
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Jonathan Schmock
as Chez Quis Maitre 'd
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Dick Sollenberger
as Politician at Parade
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Tom Spratley
as Men's Room Attendant
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Ben Stein
as Economics Teacher
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Kristy Swanson
as Economic Student Simone
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Lisa Bellard
as Economic Student
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Edward LeBeau
as Gym Teacher
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Paul Manzanero
as Pumpkin Head
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Robert McKibbon
as Balloon Man
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Debra Montague
as Girl in Pizza Joint
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Polly Augusta Noonan
as Girl on Bus
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Bob Parkinson
as Minister at Parade
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Richard Rohrbough
as Minister at Parade
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Dave Silvestri
as Businessman
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Joey Viera
as Pizza Man
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Miranda Whittle
as Girl on Trampoline



