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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #925
- IMDb #537
- Google retired #700
- Rotten Tomatoes #704
- Metacritic #1651
- Letterboxd #685
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1561
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #304
- Metacritic Critics #2399
- Metacritic Audience #618
- Criticker #765
- Douban #645
- Kinopoisk #1158
- AlloCiné #1492
- Trakt #322
Every rating
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Lowest is Criticker on 60, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 92.
See the most agreed on films →A charismatic and cunning high school student masterfully fakes an illness to secure a day of freedom for himself, his best friend, and his girlfriend. He borrows a prized Ferrari and they embark on an epic adventure through the city of Chicago, determined to cram a lifetime of fun into a single day. Their elaborate scheme involves dodging authority figures, including a deeply suspicious school dean and Ferris's own sister, who are all relentlessly trying to catch him in the act and put an end to his spree.
Details
- Director
- John Hughes
- Writer
- John Hughes
- Released
- 11 June 1986
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, German
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $6.0M
- Box office
- $70.1M
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Cast
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Awards
3 wins & 1 nomination total
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