Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: June 11, 1986 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
89
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
When people think fondly of John Hughes, it's movies like Ferris Bueller that they're thinking of. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The film's heart is in the right place, and Ferris Bueller is slight, whimsical and sweet. Read full review
80
Film ThreatBrad Laidman
This is John Hughes' best teen film, and it's a call to arms to everyone in the world who doesn't want to follow society's lame-ass rules at the expense of living a cool life. Read full review
70
NewsweekDavid Ansen
It's basically a mindless paean to goofing off, with interludes of dubious seriousness. [16 June 1986]
88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Staff [Not Credited]
This is the funniest teen movie I've seen in eons. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterStaff [Not Credited]
At its best Ferris Bueller is a free-spirited romp, a devil-may-care respite from grueling dailiness. Read full review
100
TimeRichard Schickel
Ferris and his adventures represent a teen's dream of glory: to have, at one's fingertips, the technical skills to sabotage the adult world's machinery of oppression and, at the tip of one's tongue, the perfect squelch for grownups' moralistic blather. [23 June 1986]
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