Okay, so Ferris Bueller's Day Off isn't exactly a realistic depiction of your average skip day, but it was still a great movie in its time, and even today stands up well. Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is a rare kid, a senior in high school that everybody in his school loves. As the principal's secretary (Edie McClurg) explains, everyone from the geeks to the sluts just like him. As Farris' last year of school winds down, he decides to take his ninth sick day of the year, after easily fooling his parents (but not getting anything past his sister), he convinces his best friend, Cameron (Alan Ruck), to get out of bed (he is actually sick) and pick him up so they can enjoy the day.
Bueller convinces Cameron to take his dad's limited edition, extremely rare Ferrari out on the road as they call into school to have Ferris' girlfriend (Mia Sara) excused from school. When the principal (Jeffery Jones) notices Farris' frequent skippings and now his girlfriend is leaving for the day, he starts to get suspicious. While Farris, Cameron and Sloane are off experiencing a truly wonderful skip day, Principal Rooney will find himself chased by dogs, stuck in mud and assaulted by Bueller's sister. Needless to say, each failed attempt to catch Farris not in bed sick gets him even more frustrated.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is just a great, classic John Hughes film. It just screams out 80's with the hair and style that only that era had, and the general care-free attitude of the movie just leaves you feeling pretty good. The only real issues I have with this release (a part of Paramount's "I Love the 80's" series) is that its only special feature is commentary by Hughes. This seems to be a reprint of the original DVD release of the movie (which featured only this commentary), and does not contain any of added features released in the "Bueller... Bueller..." edition. It just seems like some extra footage, documentaries, retrospectives or even the original trailers could have been scrounged up for this release. It does come with a CD containing "Lips Like Sugar", "Chains of Love," "Need You Tonight" and "Take On Me," all classic 80's tunes, so I guess that's something.
If you somehow haven't seen Ferris Bueller's Day Off yet, then this might be a good chance to do so, but then again, it might be best to try and find the more feature rich version.
