Review of Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) by Clem666 — 03 May 2021

The perfect american teenage boy success story. Matthew Broderick's acting (playing as Ferris Bueller) is miraculous: he is always in the right tone, never acts too much, never misses any line ! Yet he an be a jackass sometimes or have a really dumb face but that's all. The rest of cast is iconic with the marvelous Mia Sara and the gorgeous Jennifer Grey.

Coming from this kind of comedy movies I didn't expect the characters to evolve that way. If some don't change from start to end (as the principal or Bueller's girlfriend), others change a lot. It's hard to identify if this movie is rather for kids (surely not considering its vulgarity at some point) or teenagers (because some jokes are frankly childish). As an adult you may want to retain some few lessons.

I was really skeptical when I understood that the movie wanted to make school look like a horrible boring and brain-washing prison but as the plot moved on I realized things were a bit deeper than that. Of course there are some major critics to the adults world but some other things are just unexcusable, like the fact that Ferris' parents admit they prefer him to his sister, that the police puts someone who is in theorical danger in custody, and that crashing a car is not supposed to be the best way to assume yourself.

In conclusion there are some parts looking just like a 'Home Alone' movie and some others that are way more inspired and original.