Ferris Bueller's Day Off was released in the summer of 1986, and was a mild box office
success. However, in the years following its release Ferris Bueller's Day Off has grown into a
contemporary American movie classic. The basic premise is that Ferris Bueller is the brilliant
kid who knows just how far he can push parents, teachers and computer technology. Ferris
decides that the sun is shining, he needs a day off, and his best friend Cameron needs a day off
worse than he does. Ferris' elaborate schemes lead him and his friends on an adventure around
downtown Chicago, and in the end everything works out according to plan. What is truly
amazing is that every aspect of the movie works just as well as Ferris' plans. To really appreciate
this movie you have to look at it in three different areas. John Hughes not only wrote an original
and entertaining script, but he also brought his vision to the screen as director on Ferris Bueller's
Day Off. The acting is the second area, John Hughes wrote very interesting characters, but he
also picked perfect supporting actors to complement Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller. The
last area is its impact it has had on our society.
"Ferris Bueller" was directed by John Hughes, the philosopher of adolescence, whose
credits include 16 Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. It could
be argued that Hughes was the king of high school movies. Virtually all of his works dealt with
teenagers and the issues that they face. Ferris Bueller's was one of Hughes' first comedies, and it
is the most original movie about high school that has ever been made. There wasn't a movie like
it before it was made, and since many attempts have been made to recapture what Ferris Bueller's
brought to the table. Unfortunately, that is impossible. A big part of Ferris Bueller's magic was
the originality o...