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Like a soda pop left open all night, Ferris Bueller's Day Off seems 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 lovel
Like a soda pop left open all night, Ferris Bueller's Day Off seems 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
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Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
Release date: 31 July 2000
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5014437801234
Tags: Comedy (7), School (2), Mia Sara (1), Joyride (1), Wise Guy (1), Max Perlich (1), Paramount Pictures (1), Truancy (1), Wallet (1), Jeffrey Jones (1), Cindy Pickett (1), Day Off (1), Paramount (1), Charlie Sheen (1), Skipping School (1), Sports Car (1), Parking Garage (1), Principal (1), Best Friend (1), Faking Illness (1)
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