A sparkling comedy that skips along on the strength of Matthew Broderick's deceptively difficult performance.

| Jul 30, 2024

May be [John Hughes'] best film to date. Funny, poignant and rebellious, "Ferris Bueller" is the most cinematically controlled of Hughes' directorial efforts. It speaks to all ages.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 27, 2024

If Ferris Bueller and his day off resemble something else universal, it is liberation. In the context of the journey, this is best understood as the ability to be in transit.

| Oct 4, 2023

I still enjoyed this but worry about how much a reboot will dilute this classic, which seems inevitable at this point.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 30, 2023

This is incredibly charming despite Ferris being the villain in his own story. It's quick watch and actually touches on some heavier subjects like depression and entitlement.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 30, 2023

Like Napoleon Dynamite years later, "Bueller" depicts deliciously recognizable instances of high school life to be savored. Like the little coke-bottle glasses girl serving Principal Rooney a warm gummi bear from her pocket where it's resided for weeks.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 4, 2022

However appealing an escape to Chicago or any big city may be, Hughes' story is far less frivolous and asks us to consider why those formative teenage years often stay with us.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 16, 2022

Ferris Buellers Day Off still works like a cure to stave the blues away

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 20, 2022

'Ferris Buellers Day Off' celebrates life, even when that celebration can feel hedonistic and egotistic.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 1, 2022

Writer-director John Hughes bypassed teen angst by creating happy-go-lucky Ferris Bueller, wise beyond his years with the realization that life and learning involve more than school.

| Aug 11, 2021

The most compelling of all John Hughes movies. It's the one that cuts through the typical adolescent sentimentality in his popular Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club to reveal a truth about American cultural values.

| Aug 4, 2021

Thirty-five years later, Ferris Bueller's Day Off remains a treat and quite the Chicago love letter.

| Jun 14, 2021

The picture is ultimately too surface-skimming and scattershot to have such delusions of greatness thrust upon it.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 26, 2021

The supporting cast, the main players, and a singular script of revolution against convention allows the film to capture the spirit of crazy, carefree youth.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Sep 6, 2020

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is, by all means, an irresistibly charming ode to youthful energy and exuberance.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 28, 2020

Ferris Bueller's Day Off should warm the heart of every student who would love to play hooky from school. It also may bring back memories for grownups who think back to the good old days.

| Nov 15, 2019

Starts as a silly teen comedy but then has a surprising amount of emotional heft to it

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 16, 2019

The whole script is off-balance.

| Jan 3, 2018

"Ferris Bueller" has some cheerfully zany scenes, but lacks the originality and verve of Hughes' previous telltale teen comedies.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 10, 2016

That eighties gem that still shines from beginning to end.

| May 21, 2016