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Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Year: 1986 Classification: Comedy Country: USA Directed: - John Hughes Actors/Actresses: - Matthew Broderick - Jennifer Grey - Jeffrey Jones - Alan Ruck - Ben Stein - Charlie Sheen - Kristy Swanson - Mia Sara - Lyman Ward Senior Cut Day Writer/director John Hughes cornered the market on the "teen comedy", throughout the 80's with such classics as 16 Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Pretty In Pink. No ome quite captured the angst or awkwardness of that intense time better than he did. One of the best films from the John Hughes collection is Ferris Bueller's Day Off. On a beautiful spring day, during his senior year in high school, Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) decides to cut his classes and experience all that life has to offer. He convinces his best buddy Cameron (Alan Ruck) and his girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara), that they deserve to join in on the fun. Ferris has it all planned out and much to the dismay of Principal Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), outwits him at every turn. Meanwhile, his sister Jeanie (Jennifer Grey) is sure that he has pulled one over on their parents, and vows to expose his fake illness. One of the reasons that the movie works for me, is how confident Ferris is. At no time, during the film, does he ever doubt himself. He is totally in control and as those around him plot to expose him, or express doubt--he stays cool. Broderick fufills the the fantasies of every high school student.Who wouldn't want to be this kid in real life? His carefree and gleeful portrayal totally sells the premise. And as our hero moves from one scheme to the next, it's fun to watch him one up the adults around him--especially Jones, as a hapless Rooney. The film also marked one of the first times that the "fourth wall" was broken on film, allowing Broderick to talk directly to the audience. Of course, after that, every other film tried to use that--but never worked quite as well as it does here. The DVD's only extra is an enjoyable audio commentary with Hughes. It's a shame that that's all there is...deleted scenes, a retrospective documentary, or a separate cast commentary, would have been great. Heck, not even the theatrical trailer, made the disc. Ferris Bueller's Day Off still works after all these years and is worth your time. Special Edition Anyone...Anyone?? Chick-ah chick-ah! This movie came out right around the beginning of my senior year of high school. It was then, and still is, one of the FUNNIEST movies I have ever seen! Matthew Broderick plays the title role of Ferris Bueller, a high-school kid who decides that he just can't make it through his last semester of his senior year without taking one last day off (This is my ninth sick day this semester. If I go for ten, I'm probably gonna have to barf up a lung, so I better make this one count!). Alan Ruck plays Ferris' best friend, Cameron Frye (Why can't you let me rot in peace?), who is ACTUALLY sick that day and home alone in bed. Mia Sara plays Ferris' girlfriend, Sloane Peterson, who also is in the mood to take a day off. Jeffrey Jones is Ed Rooney, the school principal who sees through Ferris' scheme right away and decides that this time, he's gonna catch Ferris in the act and "put one heck of a dent in his future". Jennifer Grey is Jeannie Bueller, Ferris's sister who also knows that Ferris is skipping and wants to catch him to show her parents that Ferris is not the perfect child they think he is. The supporting cast is wonderful, especially Edie McClurg as Ed Rooney's airheaded secretary, and Charile Sheen as a drugged-out punk with a remarkable way of getting to the heart of problems. As the movie begins, we realize pretty quickly that this is NOT just Ferris waking up one morning and deciding to skip, but rather a well-planned conspiracy between Ferris and Sloane to skip school, cover their tracks, grab Cameron (willing or not), and spend a day with Cameron's dad's Ferrari tooling around downtown Chicago. Ferris' task is made much easier by the fact that his parents believe that he is the most perfect child ever who can do no wrong. Ferris comments when his parents swallow his lie about being sick and then head off to work, "One of the worst performances of my career, and they never doubted it for a second." Clearly, Ferris has trained them well. The plan unfolds - Ferris drages Cameron out of bed, they pick up the Ferrari, pull Sloane out of school with the old "dead grandmother" routine, and then its off for a day on the town. Unbeknownst to them, Rooney and Jeannie both are on to them, and have independently decided to ttrack them down and bring them to justice. Neither of them, of course, is any match for Ferris' ingenuity. As the movie unfolds, it becomes clear that Ferris is doing more than just skipping. Ferris and Cameron are about to start two different colleges in the fall, and Sloane still has another year of high school. Ferris' life is about to change, and he's scared. He's also trying to get Cameron loosened up a bit before he heads off to college, and Cameron needs it. Cameron has his own problems to resolve. This movie is not just about high school, its about teenage life in general. Hughes nails life during the teen years very well here, as he also did in several other films during the '80s. Although some of the subj Great director's commentary This remains one of the most entertaining director's commentaries available. 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