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Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986

John Hughes

Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones ...

6.4

11,995

Comedy Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is a tricky but harmless fast-talker. But he knows how to have fun, which is exactly what he sets out to do when he feigns illness and talks his parents into letting him stay home from school. The perpetually lucky Ferris enlists his hypochondriac best friend, Cameron Frye (Alan Ruck), into springing his girlfriend, Sloane Peterson (Mia Sara), from class, and the three embark on a raucous downtown ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The film's heart is in the right place, and 'Ferris Bueller' is slight, whimsical and sweet (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Nina Darnton The New York Times	"[Bueller is] a teen-ager who is practically a living contradiction (...) and Mr. Broderick's performance is not quite compelling enough to pull it off"	NEU
United States	The Hollywood Reporter	"A real highlight of the film is the performance of Broderick, whose freewheeling charm is the perfect spirit for this romp (...) Technical credits are top-grade"	POS
United States	Variety	"Paucity of invention here lays bare the total absence of plot or involving situations."	NEG
United Kingdom	Adam Smith Empire	"Sporadically hilarious, with roots that run far deeper than expected (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Their adventures aren't particularly imaginative"	NEG
United Kingdom	John Ferguson Radio Times	"This remains the most fully rounded of writer/director John Hughes's teen comedies (...) Broderick is remarkably likeable (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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