This movie. This masterpiece. This work of Godlike art. This is Ferris Buellers Day Off, a movie I gladly admit an obsession to.
Every line of dialogue is brilliant. I can actually recite every line in the entire movie. It's not because of my memory or charm, it's because this movie is preciously ner and dear to my heart.
The plot centers around a suave guy named Ferris Bueller who fakes sickness in order to have the greatest day of his life before becoming a full fleged adult with bills and a dead end job. Who better to join on his wild adventure than his hypochondriac best friend Cameron Frye and straightforward girlfriend Sloane Peterson.
The cast is incredible consisting of Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones and many other great talents. The writer-director of this film John Hughes has an incredible eye for great actors. It's second nature to a man like him, may he rest in peace.
Principal Rooney is the principal nobody wants to have. He's quite a bumbler, but he is also crafty and wise to Ferris' "I'm dying" act that nobody else in the town can see through. Reason being Ferris is the craftiest character in recent cinema memory.
One guy said to me that he hated thsi movie and thought it was too 80's for his taste. Maybe it's because I'm an 80's fan to the point of wearing a real mullet for about a year, but I told him it wasn't "too 80's", that it was completely universal and a potential icon. In the 25th anniversary since it came out, this film has proven to be so.
I think this is one of my all time favorite comedy films. I could watch it every single day for the rest of my life and I'd feel I had a great life. It's not feel good, it's not a raunch fest, there's little swearing. It's perfect. The storytelling is ridiculously choice. If I ever made a movie half this good, I'd be famous forever and ever. Adored forever and ever. John Hughes, it was only another day at the office.
I can say nothing bad about this movie and I think these readers can tell this is a movie I adore. The movie speaks for itself. I advise every person on this planet, especially those feeling down and blue, to watch this movie at least twenty times. It's so flipping good, it makes me want to cry. Save Ferris.
