Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
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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| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 11 June 1986 |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Director | John Hughes |
| Starring | Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck and Mia Sara |
| Runtime | 103 min |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes (average) 7.7/10 · Rotten Tomatoes 83% · Metacritic 61/100 · TMDB users 7.6/10 |
| Budget | $5 million |
| Box office | $71 million worldwide |
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| Luxembourg | Prime Video €8.99 |
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| Netherlands | Prime Video €4.99 |
| Switzerland | Paramount+ |
| United Kingdom | Paramount+ |
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What kind of watch this is
John Hughes directs a 103-minute comedy that turns a single day off into a full-blown heist on the rules of high school. Ferris fakes an illness and spends the hours outrunning a suspicious principal in a city that feels like it was built for him. The film trusts its audience to find the absurdity in how easy it is to break the system. It is a lesson in leisure, delivered with a wink.
What the critics said
Critics mostly liked it, though the numbers tell a slightly different story. Rotten Tomatoes sits at 83% as of February 2025, while Metacritic lands on 61, a score that suggests polite approval rather than rapturous joy. Roger Ebert called it "one of the most innocent movies in a long time," a description that feels almost too gentle for a film about skipping class. Steve Almond saw it as the "one film [he] would consider true art," a high bar that might make the director blush. Not everyone was charmed. Nina Darnton found the character of Sloane forgettable, a specific critique in a sea of praise. It is a film that critics still like, even if they sometimes disagree on how much.
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Sources
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q498906 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Ferris Bueller's Day Off” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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