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Après Une créature de rêve, (1985) The Breakfast Club (1985) et Rose bonbon (1986), c'est le quatrième film que John Hughes consacre à un nouveau regard sur l'adolescence,ouvrant la porte à un nouveau genre cinématographique.

Outre son scénario, le film séduisit par l'impertinence de son ton et par son traitement, Matthew Broderick s'adressant souvent directement à la caméra.Par la suite, John Hughes allait exploiter le genre en tant que scénariste ou producteur, mais avec beaucoup moins d'originalité, notamment avec la série des Home alone : (Maman, j'ai raté l'avion, Maman, j'ai encore raté l'avion, Maman, je m'occupe des méchants !) et autres Flubber ou le remake des 101 Dalmatiens.

Le film inspira également fortement la série des années 90, Parker Lewis ne perd jamais.En 2008, Ferris Bueller a été classé 15e par le magazine Empire parmi les 100 Meilleurs personnages de films de l'histoire («The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time »).

Edie McClurg : Grace, la secrétaire de Rooney

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Take the "Day Off"...

Author: Mister-6 from United States
6 September 2000

Before all the slapstick, before re-writing "Home Alone" umpteen times and before selling his soul to "Disney Pictures Inc.", John Hughes was believed to be THE scribe for teen angst.

He wrote eloquently of it in "Sixteen Candles", "The Breakfast Club" and "Pretty in Pink". And with "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", he creates a person and a time in life that just about anyone who's ever been a teenager can relate to.Who hasn't known someone like Ferris Bueller (Broderick)? Someone who always has a plan, someone who made loafing off an art form, someone who could fall in a barrel of you-know-what and come out smelling like a rose?

All he wants to do is take a day off from school and enjoy the day in Chicago - simple enough, but he must also try and convince his best friend Cameron (Ruck) and his best girl (Sara) to join him and, in the process, learn to enjoy what life has to offer.Naturally, there is a tyrannical school dean (Jones) who is determined to catch Ferris in the act of hookey and Ferris' own sister (Grey, pre-nose job) who has it in for her brother, the "trouser-snake".

There are funny situations throughout the movie, and the characters are ones that grow on you, especially Ruck's worry-wart portrayal of Cameron Frye, constantly fretting about his dystalic, cursing his father and nearly drowning in a pool, all in the name of friendship.Sara has less to do, but she plays the object of desire well, and Ferris' passion for her is understandable. At least he thinks about the right things, like what their lives would be like after high school.

All the way from beginning to end, this movie is a great trip in search of fun, relaxation, not taking life too seriously and how to sing Wayne Newton songs in the middle of a parade.You want to catch vintage John Hughes and classic '80s teendom at its best? Seize this "Day"!Ten stars for "Ferris Bueller's Day Off".

Not just a classic of the 80s, but of any decade

Author: Agent10 from Tucson, AZ
9 April 2003

Matthew Broderick looked so brilliant in those days. While this film single handedly made him Ferris Bueller forever, at least this is a film that can be seen all throughout the years without dating too badly. Sure, the music and props will signify a time of discontent and bad hairdos, but the idealistic look of a man simply wanting to ditch school has never been made more daringly and charmingly.

Everything about this film was gold, from the postmodern "conversations" with the audience to the little back stories which seem to shape the overall canvas of the film. While Alan Ruck was way too old to play in this movie, at least he proved to be a great opposite to the cool and nonchalant Ferris. Gross-out comedies may now be the norm, at least we can look back to this film and enjoy a good, genuine laugh.