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.

adult. He pulls the wool over his parents' eyes, torments a restaurant maitre' d, and stays one

performances and the writing/directing of John Hughes all added to the impact of Ferris Bueller's

and lasting. It changed the way kids looked at high school and entertained everyone else. It is a

they happened to you, but are comical when they happen to someone else. The scenes in both the

of the movie. They showed how out of touch some adults can be with teenagers. When Ferris'

Ferris shouldn't be able to get away with everything. These main characters all delivered

this problem. Their policies became much harsher after Ferris' big day. An unexpected part of

the originality of Hughes' vision. He looked at teenagers and high school life from a completely

it had on class cutting by high school students. Cutting class has always been around, but it

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