Ferris’ life, it seems, is effortless and could be described as one big day off. Instead, it’s more about Cameron getting a day off. It’s always playing somewhere on television, quotable by everyone born in the last few decades years.ĭespite the title, the film is less about Ferris skipping school for a day. Of course, time has been good to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and has transformed the picture into a timeless classic. Even now, it accurately depicts that time in your teenage life when you realize that you might have to break a few rules to live life how you want to.
Although I didn’t watch the movie until I was in college, the movie still holds up after all these years. John Hughes’ iconic 1986 film has been a part of our pop-culture psyche for so long that it’s easy to forget what a joyous, thoughtful film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is.
