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Wick's Review
Summary - Very Good 3.5
Fun for kids of all ages, Ferris Bueller’s harmless hi-jinks, energetic panache and gentle farce make it the ultimate ditch day movie. Matthew Broderick will be forever associated with the title character, a charming conniver prone to belting out a Beatles song in the middle of a parade.
John Hughes crafted this joyous bit of mainstream entertainment during his mid-Eighties heyday.
Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
Acting - Very Good 3.5
Boyishly charming Matthew Broderick was still capable of playing a boy when he made Ferris Bueller, even though he was well into his twenties at the time. It remains his signature role. While barely credible as a high school ladykiller, he’s got more than enough panache to pull off the near vaudevillian aspects of this role, including a great song-and-dance number in the middle of a parade.
Other notables:
- Jennifer Grey – who just won “Dancing with the Stars” – plays his pissed-off sister.
- Charlie Sheen cameos as a delinquent in police custody.
- Ben Stein drones hypnotically as an out-of-touch teacher.
Male Stars - Great 4.0
Female Stars - Good 3.0
Female Costars - Good 3.0
Male Costars - Very Good 3.5
Film - Great 4.0
John Hughes movies aren’t for everybody, though this one comes closest. He made it right in the middle of his mid-Eighties run at the top, just after Weird Science and before Planes, Trains & Automobiles (perhaps his best movie). His use of direct-to-the-audience dialog and a bravura song-and-dance number liven up what would otherwise be a routine comedy.