Life moves pretty fast. Just not the middle section of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”
Okay, so that was a bit of a cheap shot. By many accounts, this John Hughes classic deserves its place as one of the most enduring comedies of the 1980s, despite a few questionable narrative pit stops in the movie’s middle-act travelogue of Chicago.
Matthew Broderick’s character is in the title, but he may actually be one of the movie’s least interesting characters. Jennifer Grey as Ferris’ perpetually pissed sister Jeannie and Alan Ruck as Ferris’ depressed best friend Cameron steal the movie at every turn, in part because it’s their characters who must grow and change as the result of Ferris’ antics. Plus Cameron’s “phone voice” endures as one of the best comic line deliveries of all time. Call me SIR, GAWDDAMNIT! MIND YOUR Ps and Qs, BUSTER!
The Old Millennials hosts discuss their complicated history with “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Angela could never tolerate the stupidity of every single adult in the movie. And Tyler, despite having fond memories of watching the movie many times growing up, hasn’t been compelled to watch it in years. So how do they feel after this long-overdue re-watch? And what does Jack Sparrow have to do with any of this? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
The Back to School miniseries returns to “Old Millennials Remember Movies” with “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” the John Hughes-penned comedy that (probably) inspired the “Home Alone” franchise. Really! Mr. Rooney gets violently pranked worse than a Wet Bandit!
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