Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 The 1986 film about a crafty teen named Ferris Bueller Matthew Broderick who enlists his girlfriend and best friend into playing hooky from school in order to have an adventure, is pure fun.
By the way, this one's based on the 1999 book "Angus, Thongs, and Full-Front Snogging.
And while other, similar versions of this story would veer into clichƩ, Lean never does thanks to its sincere and gripping take on the subject.
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It's one of those films that really gets to you even though you recognize that it's hopelessly cheesy and that the religious undertones are a bit heavy-handed.
This New York City-set tale of overprivileged teens getting in over their heads never fails to deliver the thrills ā whether sexy, substance-related, or totally scandalous.