As I was searching on Netflix for a good movie to watch (something that has turned out to be way harder than I thought) I came across one of the greater classic films from my childhood; Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Before I could think twice, I had already clicked on it to start watching, and anyways with the end of my high school career in near sight, I thought it would perfectly fit to watch this high school classic.
Its been at least a few years since I last saw this movie, and although I remembered the story and some of the more iconic scenes and gags, watching it again almost felt like I was watching it for the first time. Over the years, you tend to forget the smaller details of a movie that mark its true character so to speak and that is exactly what happened to me for this movie. Watching it again, I've realized how funny it actually is. Although it may not be an Academy Award decorated piece of art, it still exceeds at doing its intended job. Its intended job was not to win Academy Awards, its job was to not be too serious and make you feel good and laugh, which is exactly what it does. In the film itself, Ferris preaches to his best friend Cameron throughout the whole movie how he needs to lighten up and enjoy life. I think that this movie mirrors Bueller's words because when you watch it, it makes you forget about everything else that's going on and just enjoy what your doing. Its just an all around really fun movie to watch, especially being in high school myself.
One of the biggest stylistic aspects of this movie is how Ferris commonly breaks the fourth wall throughout the whole movie.
This makes the viewer feel more involved in the movie, as there are many instances where Ferris is directly talking to the viewer. This further supports how this movie is not too serious, it was made to be a fun experience for the viewer, and I think this aspect of breaking the fourth wall was really smart to portray that experience.
One scene that really stands out in this movie to me is one of the more iconic scenes when they are in the city and Ferris takes over the parade float and sings "Twist & Shout" in front of thousands of people. The whole city seemingly breaks into synchronized song and dance and everyone seems to forget about reality for the duration of the song. I think that this scene really represents the movie and its message well. This would never happen in real life, yet they still decided to add it into the movie because it wasn't too serious. It showed a bunch of people having fun with their lives no matter who they were or what color their skin was. I think this scene represents the epitome of what this movie was trying to do and what it stood for.
Like I said above, although its not necessarily a "great film" it overachieves at its ultimate goal which was to make a fun movie about being young. This will forever be considered a classic, no matter what age you are. Anybody who ever experienced a childhood should have appreciation for this movie.
I confidently give this movie 4.5/5 stars
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