Released: 1986
Comedy
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones
Director: John Hughes
Running Time: 103 minutes
The breakdown:
One of my favorites, this is the story of a Chicago youth who skips out on high school for the day and takes his girlfriend and best friend along for a day of fun.
Ferris doesn't feel like going to school today so he fakes an illness and gets to stay home. His sister Jeanie, hates him because he seems to get whatever he wants. She leaves school that day to go home and catch him faking it. Meanwhile, Ferris gets his girlfriend out of school as well, and convinces his best friend, Cameron to leave his bed to go out for some fun. One of my favorite scenes in this movie is between Cameron and Ferris while they are on the phone with the school principal proving that Ferris is not pretending to be Sgt. George Peterson (his girlfriends dad claiming they've had a death in the family).
This movie is a classic gem that everyone should see, you can relate to at least one character.
This is also one of those movies, where I've lost track of how many times I've actually seen it. It must be in the 300's I'd guess.
I give it a 5 out of 5 because I'm in love with Cameron (amazing big blue eyes!), no really, because it's a sweet, funny movie and it brings back a lot of memories for me. I actually saw this on opening day in the theaters with my mom and brother.
Abe Froman!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou happen to know my love for this flick. It's a great universal story. Every kid from then till forever can relate.
By the way, there was a John Hughes documentary called Don't You Forget About Me. Have you seen it? If not I highly recommend.