Stars: Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck, Jennifer Grey, Charlie Sheen, Louie Anderson, Richard Edson, Jeffrey Jones, Cindy Pickett, Kristy Swanson, Max Perlich, Lyman Ward, Ben Stein, Virginia Capers, Del Close, Larry 'Flash' Jenkins, Edie McClurg, Polly Noonan

Director: John Hughes

Summary: Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is a tricky but harmless fast-talker. But he knows how to have fun, which is exactly what he sets out to do when he feigns illness and talks his parents into letting him stay home from school. The perpetually lucky Ferris enlists his hypochondriac best friend, Cameron Frye (Alan Ruck), into springing his girlfriend, Sloane Peterson (Mia Sara), from class, and the three embark on a raucous downtown Chicago adventure. From Wrigley Field to the Art Institute of Chicago to a Polish pride parade, Ferris and his friends make the most of their day off. But Ferris, Sloane, and Cameron might not get away with playing hooky. Ferris's sister, Jeanie (Jennifer Grey), is determined to prove that Ferris is faking sick and make him pay for it, and the bumbling school dean, Ed Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), is sure that Ferris is pulling a fast one. Another classic from writer-director John Hughes (SIXTEEN CANDLES, THE BREAKFAST CLUB), this film features a star turn from Broderick as the charismatic Ferris. Watch for Charlie Sheen as the juvenile delinquent in the police station and comedian Louie Anderson in a brief appearance as a flower deliveryman. Conniving Shermer, Ill. high school student Bueller spends his ninth school absence in the company of his kvetchy best friend Cameron and girlfriend Sloane, tearing through downtown Chicago on a mad quest for fun. The ruse seems perfect, right down to Cameron's dad's borrowed Ferrari, but Ferris' nemesis, high school principal Ed Rooney, is determined to bring the truants to justice.

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Like a soda pop left open all night, Ferris Bueller's Day Offseems to have lost its effervescence over time. Sure, Matthew Broderick is still appealing as the perennial truant, Ferris, who takes one memorable day off from school. Jeffrey Jones is nasty and scheming as the principal who's out to catch him. Jennifer Grey is winning as Ferris' sister (who ends up making out in the police station with a prophetic vision of Charlie Sheen). But there's a definite sense that this film was of a particular time frame: the 80s. It's still fun, though. There's Ferris singing "Twist and Shout" during a Chicago parade, and a lovely sequence in the Art Institute. But don't get it and expect your kids to love it the way you did. Like it or not, it's yours alone. --Keith Simanton, Amazon.com

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Getting The Cast Together The Cast Of Ferris Buellers Day Off, The Making Of, Who Is Ferris Bueller, The World According To Ben Stein, Vintage Ferris Bueller The Lost Tapes, Class Album
Year:	1986
Release Date:	May 29, 2006
Runtime:	99 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	P H E 8738
Keywords:	Special, Day, Comedy, Off, General, Edition, Ferris, Collector's, Bueller's
Genre:	Comedy