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MPAA Rating - PG13

Length:
    102 Minutes

Genre:
    Comedy

Original Release Date:
    Oct 19, 1999

Director
    John Hughes

Cast
    Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey

 
Movie Summary
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 Buellers 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 Buellers Day Off eventually spawned a TV sitcom. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


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