Leisure rules.
After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.
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Comic, warm, effortless and resolved.
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
- sparerichly built
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- The New York TimesNina DarntonJun 1986SCREEN: A YOUTH'S DAY OFF
Chicago high school boys give in to spring fever. None too appealing.
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Cast
- Matthew BroderickFerris Bueller
- Alan RuckCameron Frye
- Mia SaraSloane Peterson
- Jeffrey JonesEd Rooney
- Jennifer GreyJeanie Bueller
- Cindy PickettKatie Bueller
- Lyman WardTom Bueller
- Edie McClurgGrace, School Secretary
- Charlie SheenBoy in Police Station
- Ben SteinEconomics Teacher
Crew
- John HughesDirector
- John HughesWriter
- Tak FujimotoDirector of Photography
- Ira NewbornOriginal Music Composer
- Paul HirschEditor
- Tom JacobsonProducer
- John HughesProducer
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