Classic Friday : Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) 9/10

Starring : Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey
Director : John Hughes
Running Time : 99 mins

Ferris Bueller (Broderick) decides to take the day off school, and also forces his friends Cameron Frye (Ruck) and Sloane Peterson (Sara) to join him. When he convinces his parents that he is too sick to go to school his headteacher, Ed Rooney (Jones), knows that he’s up to no good so tries to catch him in the act of skipping school.

This is one of my all time favourite teen comedies, and marks the high point in the career of John Hughes. It’s such a simple idea, but is handles in Hughes’ inimitable way so as to keep the viewer entertained non stop throughout the movie. A definite must see for any child of the 80s, this all time classic should be included in the DVD collection of all 20/30 somethings.

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