FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF - Movie Review
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"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and and look around once in a while, you could miss it" 😎
Bingo. People who do not like or “get” this movie are unenlightened feedbags! 😉
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I've always seen this one a bit as: For guys, Ferris is who you want to be, and Cameron is who you are. For gals, Sloane is who you want to be, and Jeannie is who you are. 🙂
I never wanted to be Ferris. He's a sociopath.
LOL, I think you nailed it.
And I'm Charlie Sheen!
Cameron wrecking his dad's car is a surprisingly powerful scene.
Most definitely is
seeing that Ferrari California get trashed is heartbreaking. Good thing it was only a replica for that scene.
@@TheWaynos73 "I wanted to destroy something beautiful." --Fight Club
Emilio Estevez turned down the offer to play Cameron and Molly Ringwald was offered to play Sloane and said no.
John Hughes really understood the teenage psyche in the 80's
More chemistry between Sloane and Cameron than between Sloane and Ferris
Ferris is a fantasy character. An ideal. Making him more “real” would have made this another dated Breakfast Club-style self actualization fest. John Hughes came from the National Lampoon. He was a comic writer. A satirist. That was what he did best. He wrote Vacation after all.
Yes. His character is sort of the "larger than life" type. The narration he delivers throughout the movie allows for some abstraction. And it's pretty funny! Timeless in some sense of the word..
John Hughes was a master and unique talent.
Yup.
When Ferris breaks the fourth wall, it's mainly to talk about Cameron. He's genuinely concerned for him. Cameron is always on his mind. Yes, Ferris is somewhat self-absorbed in how he's having his fun but the whole reason he faked being sick to take the day off is to help Cameron. Ferris is ultimately more concerned with Cameron getting in trouble than himself, which is why he's insistent on taking responsibility for the car's destruction. He's still worried about what will happen to Cameron. Ferris maneuvering people and situations to maximize his fun is just him multitasking. :)
Bingo. This is the accurate interpretation… people who don’t like this movie only wish they could have a friend like Ferris: one who challenges them to face their fears!
It's a shame he spends the first half of the film trying to control Cameron...
@@darnellmajor9016 Absolutely. She’s a nice girl, but it’s obvious she’s kinda closed off to some things and is not as “open-minded” as she’d like everyone to believe. 😉
@@davemort9166 what are you talking about? Ferris doesn't try to control Cameron at all in the movie...he tries to help him because he knows he's the one who's actually sick...all he wanted to do was give him a good day as he says in the movie because eventually they won't see eachother as much after they graduate. He tries to encourage cameron to do something fun considering his life at home is "really twisted."
@@bryanrizzo9377 that's YOUR reading of it, and you are entitled to it... but my reading is my reading of it please respect that
The museum sequence, and the scene with Ferris and Sloane in her back yard as he departs for his house are beautiful. The rest of the film is fun too, classic Hughes' charm.
Long before streaming. When I was younger, I remember this movie always being on tv.
Thank you for reviewing this one. It’s one of my favorite movies. It is the perfect comedy. I’ve seen it over 200 times. It’s a part of my life. I literally can’t express how perfect it is.
I understand every point you made here but personally, I'm very drawn to this movie mostly because I saw it for the first time right when I met who was once one of my best friends (I no longer speak to him now). He was very much like Ferris - cocky, eccentric, flirtatious, kind of nerdy but also one of the most popular kids in our class, and he got away with everything. I was much more like Cameron - a worrier, seemed to get in trouble for stupid reasons, and always felt like I was put at risk for his behavior. We argued a lot and it was a VERY toxic friendship but one love we seemed to share was the love for this movie - which is kinda ironic now that I think about it. I'm just glad that we're not friends anymore but I am glad I saw this film at that point in my life and ever since, I've really gravitated towards Cameron as a character and his arc always resonates with me to this day. I agree that Ferris is pretty unbearable but I also like it for that because for as glamorized as he feels, I have met people like him weirdly enough.
I feel like whether or not you think this movie is perfect like I do comes down to:
1. Not minding all the contrasting elements and characters that can make it feel feel messy to others
2. Finding the odd creative ways they portrayed Ferris and the world around him to be inherently interesting, and not awkward or grating
I LOVE this movie!!! This is one of the greatest films ever made! This is my favorite comedy film of all time! It’s touching to me and hilarious still. I just find it so great to watch! I could go on and on but I just love Ferris Beuler’s Day Off a lot!!
Matthew Broderick nailed the role of Ferris Beuller!! He did a great job of being charismatic and entertaining, as well as breaking the fourth wall! This was an awesome role that was perfect for Broderick! I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Bingo. Anyone who begrudges this film is a sworn enemy to me! 😂
Emilio Estevez turned down the offer to play Cameron which he would've been good if he accepted and Molly Ringwald said no to playing Sloane.
@@bryanrizzo9377 what?????
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a parable. The parable of the righteous dude.
Who remembers Parker Lewis can't lose though?
Ferris is the perfect movie for any kid who is a senior in high school --- it's when your mind begins to ask a lot of questions about life --- such as why your parents love you but also seem to be your worst enemy at times --- and also wondering what kind of person you'll marry or what kind of career you want to have --- and then realizing that "life moves fast and you might miss it" is the best way to appreciate the carefree days of your youth!
It's a messy movie, true, but I think it's meant to be. Teenage angst and teenage exploits are generally messy. What Hughes managed was a film that explores the naive and careless elements of being a teen, while tying them into the trappings of adulthood (dad at the ritzy restaurant, the obsessed principal, the oblivious mom). These puzzle pieces don't fit together neatly, at least not in America, where young men are often looked at askance, and young women are overly sexualized. Sloan always struck me as being truly in love with Ferris, which in a way neuters her sex appeal a bit in a film format because she's not really trying to be that way, she's just starstruck and happy that she can be herself around her boyfriend. And Cameron symbolizes the hard truth all young men face - at some point they must face their fears and whatever reckonings they may bring. Not a perfect film by any stretch, but it bears the marks of greatness in touching on great themes, not the least of which is that "staring into the abyss" moment in the art gallery, a subtle existential moment rarely attempted in a teen comedy.
Mia Sara is awesome 👌 in this movie & love the 80's 🎶 - Yello , BAD & Dream Academy to name a few. Really good 👍
I've been waiting for this review! This is one of my all time favorite movies. The critiques on Ferris character are spot on for sure, a lot of recent reviewers are now realizing how weird Ferris' is as character is in the movie. Though most of the the time to nostalgia of this movie takes over any of the glaring critiques (at least for me). When I watch it see it more as a like a teenage fantasy of having that one day where you can do "anything you want" without repercussions. I usually just watch for all the iconic scenes (Love the Museum scene) and the lines
I didn´t know you were gonna do reviews for such old movies, too.
As a new subscriber and fan, can I have just 1 request?
The Fountain (2006)!
I just LOVED your analysis for Funny Games. You were on point with literally every aspect of the film. And I think, you´re very intelligent, so I think, you could get a very good grasp on The Fountain, which is still my #1 all time favorite movie. I´ve asked so many channels to make a review or at least a reaction over the years, it´s insane. Chris Stuckmann made such good "Analyzed" videos, yet he refuses to do The Founatin. But I think, you could make an equally good video, if not a better one. Literally just ONE channel on all YT did a reaction so far and that was James VS Cinema.....
@I Coroa half of her videos are user submitted answers on different topics. No idea what you’re talking about
She's reviewed much older films than this one!
Iconic '80s movie. 36 years later,here we are.
@budballs2 and they finally released the soundtrack CD in 2016!🤗💽🙏👍
I rewatched this film finally again tonight and saved watching your review until after. I haven't seen it for years but even though it is messy in areas and doesn't hang together as a satisfying whole (making you feel "torn" as you say) it does have lots going for it, including an undoubted charm. Every time I watch it, I wonder to myself why the British can never seem to pull off this kind of arch 'movie' with the same ease but that can be said of dance and musicals too, somewhat. The Charlie Sheen highlight scene cracked me up once more, his hair fluffed up in different ways each time the camera cuts back to him, giving us that knowing nod, bringing us back to contemplate ourselves for brief moments. It is certainly is a classic of it's time but short of a masterpiece. You encapsulate it very well indeed. Thanks as always
Honestly, I'd prefer "Pretty in Pink" (1986):
but It might be a biased projection on my part, because I have friends who look like how Molly Ringwald and Kristy Swanson did in that movie.
But in this one, Mia Sara is most definitely underrated, and I wish that she could've had a longer career: luckily, I also know someone who looks just like her, but though I've known her for a long time, we're not well acquainted.
the first time I watched this as a senior in high school with my girlfriend at the time (who also showed me breakfast club and Princess Bride) and I 100% agreed with every complaint you had for the film and voiced them while watching the film with her, but on my second watch I found myself able to put aside the bad parts and go with it, I do think Cameron is the most interesting and fleshed out character and he will always be my favorite character in this. I am with you that the film would have been so much better had it allowed the existential dread to breathe and sit with the characters, but I do think having Ferris be the one that's constantly forcing his friends to run from the dread they clearly should be dealing with works on paper and thematically, its just doesn't make for a movie that's my cup of tea.
it's actually richard roeper's favorite film. I think you need to watch it as a comedy that tries to go for something closer to The Apartment.
My respect for Richard increased after I heard him say that. I think he considers The Godfather 2 the greatest movie ever made and Ferris his favorite.
@@BishopWalters12 bravo for him for acknowledging how those 2 are not the same
Queen of UA-cam can you do an ASMR review of The Quiet Place part II
I respect your opinon on Ferris Buellers Day Off, but i like this movie.
My favorite John Hughes movie is Planes, Trains And Automobiles.
Great review Maggie and take care and stay safe 👍
"Planes, Trains and Automobiles" is my favorite Hughes film, too. Shawn R., Mo-Mutt Music
@@Mo-MuttMusic Great comedy movie.
Can you please review Election (1999) which also stars Matthew Broderick.
I don't agree with everything here about Broderick, but damn, another great, well spoken video!
Is something wrong with me, or am I the only one who has never seen the movie from beginning to end but have watched the TWIST AND SHOUT scene dozens of times?
Thanks. My idol as a child.😎
Ferris bueller was perfectly casted it did convinced me that he would getting away with vehicular manslaughter
You absolutely nailed the points about the character of Ferris Bueller, I 100% agree. This film truly is saved by the incredibly powerful moments like the Museum scene which almost gets me to tears every time. By the way you being a Texan I very highly recommend checking out the new Richard Linklater film on Netflix "Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood", it is exceptional.
I bet this film inspired Gaspar Noé. 😆
Funny enough the girl that played Sloan had a crush on Broderick but she just couldn't act that way. I agree your thoughts on ferris I feel Michael j fox would've been better
“He’s allowed to get away with murder” Poor choice of words…
Thank you for discussing this film. I recently added the blu-ray to my Amazon shopping cart in spite of always thinking this film wasn't as good as it was purported to be. Still, I think it has it's aspects that make it respectable or enjoyable. I love the short parody sequence in Not Another Teen Movie, the perfect teen-sex comedy, reference filled R rated comedy that lampoons the 80s, 90s and early 00s so well. I also love the Family Guy parody. The music! Lol!
Farris was the friend in high school who got away with everything. Like the friend who would ask out college girls at the mall and score a date for Friday. Farris is the antagonist and we , the audience, are not him, but the friend to tag along.
Exactly, I think a lot of people miss that point because they want someone more relatable as the lead, and I always point to Cameron.
@@BishopWalters12 I always pointed to Charlie Sheen's character.
@@BooBooGlue1 LOL, I knew some Charlie's.
lol they’ve been playing this alot on showtime or one of the subscription channels. I’ve watched it twice after not seeing it years. Good movie especially if your that age. God bless hun
I grew up in the 80s, and Ferris is exactly like the popular non-jocks from that era. Kids weren't as soft back then.
Matthew Broderick is Ferris Bueller in every movie he does the way I look at it. He looks the same in nearly every movie and acts the same.
Hey Maggie do you plan on seeing Everything Everywhere All at Once?
U mentioned that nostalgia is coloring peoples opinion on the movie, but I just watched it a couple months back and loved it!!! I take it as a slice of life with a few rare genuine moments rather than a profound movie being held back by its comedy. Do think Sean Baker is the better slice of life film maker though
Thanks for sharing. I've caught "Ferris" a lot lately on DIRECTV because Showtime is running it. I'm glad I have; however, now that I'm middle-aged, I tend to enjoy it for the humor. When I saw it in my early 20s, the angst in the film resonated more.
I agree: The scene with Jennifer Grey and Charlie Sheen at the police station is wonderful. Probably the best scene in the film. That and the scene with Jennifer Grey and Edie McClurg in Ed Rooney's office.
Question: Do you think John Hughes blends his sense of broad humor and pathos better in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles," his first "adult" film? Why or why not? Shawn R., Mo-Mutt Music/Sacred & Secular (and movie buff)
I forgot to say
It's at the 1 hour 3 minute mark of the "Inside Story" of Ferris Buellar where they explain the first cut was 2 hr 45 min and was a lot more cynical etc
I watched this again a few weeks ago and enjoyed it more than I remembered. Like all John Hughes films it has the mix of comedy and serious emotions.Its very much a movie of it's time. You're analyzing it like it's a modern film.Make a list of the best coming of age films, there are going to be a few Hughes films on most lists. Matthew Broderick was amazing,can't think of any actors from that time who would have been better. I've never understood the point of reviewing an old movie that you don't enjoy.I'd rather watch somebody talking about something they like and why it worth checking out. If a film's generally considered a classic, you don't have to like it,but you shouldn't go out of your way to pick it apart.
Agreed. Ferris B is the kind of movie that we are given and told to laugh at. Then it turns into sla;pstick, and then deadly serious. i never thought his charm/ luck was real. oh well.
What are your thoughts on The Breakfast Club then? Would you say it resolves the issue of this film by focusing more on the character dramas and existential dread over the comedy, reaching a balance? I haven’t seen either films in a while(but I plan on rewatching them after this review), but personally I prefer The Breakfast Club even though I actually prefer the character of Cameron over the characters in that film.
Maggie would never review a movie like Breakfast Club because she's too high energy with her style and not grounded enough sadly.........
I LMAO when I saw the title of this video.
What a Classic
Love your insight. Enjoy your channel. You can't be more wrong about this movie. It's an amazig essay on adolescent existentialism. You do have a point the Sloan character is underdeveloped, but it's difficult to find a movie of that era (and genre) that fully explores the female perspective. I just think you "film schooled" the movie too critically. And I think it the casting was superb. Who else but Broderick could capture "cool nerd." Well... maybe Dustin Hoffman.
Ferris is one of the extremely rare, non-beta neutral face, nerdy Hollywood writer stand in characters in film. He's not an invisible, romantically hopeless, geek, loner who has to fight for the attention of some girl, or the popular kids ( see virtually every high school film ever made ). That alone, in it's rarity, sets up the fascinating trip we go on with him. "So, thaaat's what it's like to be the coolest, most loved guy in your school. So, thaaat's what being rich, attractive, and dating the hottest girl is school is like. So, thaaat's is the kind of stuff you can get up to when you have no real problems, or challenges holding you back." Having this character exist in his amazingly privileged reality without turning into an evil, arrogant, entitled, bully nightmare of a human being ( ala Sebastien from "Cruel Intentions" or Chuck from "Gossip Girl" ) is another one of it's unique accomplishments.
The paradox is, though the film is named for Ferris Bueller, it is actually Cameron's story. Ferris really isn't the central character.
Speaking of Cameron I always felt like Alan Ruck was an odd choice because at the time he was a total stranger to me as far as acting and I know that Emilio Estevez was considered for the role of the actually sick Cameron but turned it down. That's my same thing with Mia Sara as Sloan Peterson and Molly Ringwald turned down the offer to play that role. Considering the Breakfast Club they both would've nailed those roles had they accepted.
One of my favorite movies
There's a documentary on it(here on youtube) called "Inside Story" by bio com where it explains the original tone of the movie was more cynical and Ferris was more like Judd Nelson from "The Breakfast Club" who smoked and drank all the time. And Sloan had a kind of sardonic wit that flew over the heads of the female audience they cut out. Like talking to Cameron she says, at least for women, we can cop out and just let a man support us. You don't even have that option.
It was meant as an ironic jab at gender roles, but female audiences thought she was serious, and graded it bad at previews.
Also, Hughes was constantly re-writing a film which has no 3 act structure and actors didn't know what they're lines would be often that day. So I think some credit should be given for the unconventional structure and improvisational creativity
When i saw it as a kid, this whole film was just a load of fun and i didnt care much about the undertones.
When i saw it as an adult i was surprised of how much of an psychopath Ferris seems to be.
And i still wonder if this ideal of his character just didnt age well, or if this is intended and what he represents.
And this really is Cameron's coming off age story, in which he does not only grows out of his father's controlling shadow, but also learns to be himself as someone who takes responsebility and not gives his destiny in the hands of his irresponsible friend.
Maybe this is what Ferris represents. Staying dependend on others to not have the responsibility of making his own decisions, which actually is more prevelent in his relationship with Ferris, than with his Dad.
He may be a narcissist, but not a psychopath... He expresses his concerns about Cameron getting taken advantage of, and wants him to gain more confidence so that's doesn't happen... Also he volunteers to take responsibility for the wreck of Cameron's dad's car.
@@andynowicki4532 well, yeah. Not really a psychopath. It was an exaggeration, of course.
Though with the right music and some editing talent, there might be a trailer of a psychological thriller in there...
Ferris is just a rich kid from a good family that has never faced any challenges, I think most of us are Cameron in real life and we wish we could've been Ferris especially in high school. It would've been interesting to see a 20 something year old Ferris because Broderick said that Hughes was thinking about it at one point.
@@BishopWalters12 BTW. the most common and neutral characteristic of psychopaths/socialpaths:
No concept or fear of consequence.
@@ThisIsWideAngle I guess most teenagers fit that description.
Can you please review Cheaper by The Dozen 2003 version?😊
I saw this in the theater. I remember it was the first time experiencing staying until the end in the theatre. And it felt strange at the time but I was told to do so.
I agree with all of your points on this one for sure. And viewed it this way too throughout the years.
I still like it though as the nostalgia is insane on this one. But it does hold up to a certain degree for what it is.
Is he a complete sociopath? Definitely. Lol. But I kind of knew that even then somehow.
I always presumed Matthew was cast in this because of his playing as 4th wall breaking Eugene in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs on Broadway!
I liked the movie and loved your observations about Charlie Sheen's character; I had a big crush on him growing up and always thought, Jeanie took away a valuable life lesson that day. It doesn't matter if it's the worst day of your life, if Charlie Sheen is somewhere near, just waiting to make out with you. lol
All time #CLASSIC
Anthony Michael Hall was supposed to play Ferris but turned it down.
I like how weird the mixed match tones are. Lots of films struggle with trying to juggle what it wants to be but I thought in this films case it was charming how awkward the comedy can be. I liked Ferris as character until I met my first narcissistic sociopath and I can now kinda see how Ferris shares some of that kind of manipulative behavior with that person. Have you ever talked about “Risky Business” on this channel? I thought that was going to be like a John Hughes film but was surprised by what it actually was.
While the Hughes movies are very entertaining, I never connected with these characters, where as something like Pump Up The Volume always struck a very authentic note in me.
“Pump Up the Volume” is a seminal teenage film… kind of like an adolescent version of Oliver Stone’s “Talk Radio,” which came out around the same time.
Please review Valerie and Her Week of Wonders......It's a Czech Film. Maybe do a vid on what country you feel makes the best movies.
I never really gave the movie much thought other than the fact that it was just one of my favorite movies at the time. It might be because the entire movie was so removed from my reality that it was an extremely humorous fantasy for me. I had many such adventures, but not on that scale and not with fun results. Like before that movie came out I did walk by two older (not much) females laying out and I went and got a spray bottle of cold water and walked back. I sprayed them down and they yelled at me only briefly and then I said that now that they have some goose bumps a light coat of oil will be more even on their skin (total BS but I was a teenager). Just as I reach down to grab the suntan oil, one of their brothers came outside and dam* near brought tears to my eyes (slightly later did from the pain) and gut-punched me and hit me in the jaw. The next year that movie came out and when he ran past the two sunbathers in the yard and did a double-take, I had to wonder why I couldn't at least have had his more pleasant outcome. I never danced and sang Twist and Shout on a parade float though.
Great movie and Cameron is a legend.
What a movie, This and The breakfast Club where very important to me growing up. Timeless.
Cool facts Emilio Estevez turned down the offer to play Cameron and Molly Ringwald was offered to play Sloan and said no. I feel like Paul Gleason RIP was considered for principal Mr. Rooney and even if he wasn't I can still see him in the role and he basically would've been playing the same character from the Breakfast Club only with a different name.
Your criticism of FBDO is entirely the reason that I will always love this film. I remember being a kid and always relating to Cameron. As a teen I related to Genie and as an adult I found myself in Sloan. I think Ferris is not meant to be an actual person. He is the ego of all of these characters. They use him to give their lives more meaning. To make him more empathetic, would change the film entirely, not in a good way. FBDO, in my opinion is Mr. Hugh’s best film, as it is his most existential. The Breakfast Club is hailed as the cult favorite for this exact reason because it goes deep into why. In the end, one can surmise nothing changes. However, with FBDO, the characters do change with exception of Ferris. Instead of looking at why the ego is there, let’s explore it.
"I'm dying..."
John Hughes wrote it for Anthony Michael hall but he was busy and couldn't do it.
Rob Lowe also was offered to play Ferris and said no. Emilio Estevez declined the offer to play Cameron and Molly Ringwald was offered the Sloane part and turned it down.
Bullshit about Ferris "not having an arc." Throughout the film Ferris trivializes Cameron's personal problems until the very end when the car crashes when he realizes that shit is "real." He makes a wholehearted attempt to wait with Cameron until his dad gets home so that he can "take the heat" for him, and that moment always felt genuine to me. So, no.
Everyone knows it but nobody says it: the movie ending would’ve being much better with Sloane breaking up with Ferris and dating Cameron. That’s why I always preferred Daffy and Donald over Bugs and Mickey. I love the underdogs.
In real life, that would NEVER happen lol…
I praise “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” for keeping it real!
@@Wildcock23 XD The dude breaks the 4th wall every 5 minutes.
@@carl_anderson9315 it’s unusual narrative for sure… but I can’t think of another film that does it better
Nah the ending that we got was better. If Sloane had a reason to break up with Ferris she would've and notice in the movie she never gives him even the tiniest bag of shit or gets on his case once about what he's doing throughout the movie. Of course Cameron does but Sloane doesn't.
Let’s just watch Rock an Roll high school…
Follow a theme: Dazed and Confused next.
Okay, Jean.
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Matthew Broderick IS Ferris. Period. What actor would you have preferred? There's nobody.
still the only John Hughes movie I actually like
I think you’re wrong about Jeannie though ofc I get it. She doesn’t have the “right” to be bitter when that bitterness only hurts herself. Everyone liking him doesn’t mean she can’t be liked or do her own thing. the unhealthy focusing on Ferris by her and Rooney United not villain characters but the wrong way to view him and perhaps the age, according to the film. I don’t see Ferris as a human, so the flaws are more ones of concept than character.
Again, accurate statement. The sister was just straight up JEALOUS.
The characters around Ferris reveal their flaws by how they view Ferris. Rooney turns out to be a hot-headed jerk in his quest to destroy Ferris, Jeannie is insecure and jealous in her longings to "get away with" things like Ferris does, Cameron is depressed and apathetic in his reluctance to have fun with Ferris.
@@ryanjacobson2508 Yes! Exactly! I’m so sick of these idiots saying Ferris is “borderline sociopathic” 🙄
This movie was a total ripoff of the 80's sitcom "Parker Lewis Can't Lose"
This movie was released years before Parker Lewis.
Great review as always, thank you for all your consistently excellent content.
Ferris is supposed to be the suave magnetic guy we all wish we could be, but he’s always come off like a twerp who is undeserving of the inexplicable universal praise of his peers, glad to hear others are on the same page. It’s a movie whose legacy tends to be better than the reality, but it’s still funny and enjoyable.
Found Ferris incredibly smug (only remember him being likeable when Wayne Newton subs for his vocals on the float) and wanted the film to be centered around "Cameron's Day Off" instead- that's the kid I identified with and liked.
Cameron is good
The movie is about Camron.
Eh, I never really cared for Ferris Buller’s Day Off. Honestly, I feel something like Smokey and the Bandit is my alternative to what I perceive Ferris Buller to do.
do you have a letterboxd acc?
@14:16 👧 🥊
Watched this movie time and time again as a kid, thought Ferris was the king of cool... recently bought the blu ray and well.... yeah as an adult Ferris is a sociopathic, destructive and manipulative ar*ehole. As you say, it has moments but ultimately felt that I wasted 105 mins of my life...
At the very least it's very funny. You don't have to like Ferris.
Ferris is Tyler Durden
i was 21 when this came out (3 years younger than the star, matthew briderick) i never understood the popularity of this film. not even john hughes' best movie. i don't remember it being a big deal when it came out, but over the years it's grown in popularity somehow. i agree with you, it's all over the place. it's all style and no substance. it's not bad and it's not good. the 2 best "teen" movies from my generation are "fast times at ridgemont high" and "last american virgin". i was there, those 2 are the closest to reality.
Maggie if you see my comment, I would say that MOST of Hughes works are mostly geer towards a "direct" audience. His works are more about reaching people that need a strong message but in a very direct way. I can tell from the way you reviewed this movie that you're completely mismatched with it based off your words alone and how you approach reviewing overall. This movie will always resonate with people because society is constantly placing us in boxes.
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Great video Maggie!
Loved this movie as a kid. I always felt the Zack Morris character from Saved By The Bell was inspired by Ferris. The Ferris/Principal Rooney relationship is very similar to the Morris/Belding dynamic. Though Belding didn't hate Zack nearly as much as Rooney hated Ferris.
What a time to be alive.
This is an example of overthinking a movie. Sorry!
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Yeah, this is an "enjoy the ride" movie.
Completely disagree. You are supposed to infer that everyone loves Ferris for a reason. I suspect his parents treat him better because he saved their marriage. The story is about the select few who don't love Ferris, and Cameron, who is Ferris's 'project.' But these nuances are lost on people who were dorks in high school. Stay in your lane and review deep artsy nonsense films.
YES!
Can we get a review on Wired Science. One of my favorite 80s movies, love the 80s!
Next up: Dazed and confused? .... ^^