Someone once explained to me they saw this film as one friend pulling another out of depression and once you watch the film a second time it changes everything. Ferris comes off as devil may care but he loves Cameron and tries to pull him out of his funk and his troubling relationship with his dad. Underneath all the hi jinks and absurdity it's actually very heartwarming.
John Hughes was the first director that focused on teen movies, and treated us with interest, validity, and respect. I was exactly his audience precisely when these movies came out, and I can't tell you the joy of feeling celebrated, the sense of possibility and understanding they caused in my friends and I. They were real and silly and genuine and funny and serious and outrageous, all the things we were. Let someone else direct teen movies filled with dark secrets and cynicism, Mr. Hughes would rather write love letters.
Same same same same . Thank God for John Hughes..I can’t imagine my life without him . He understood us when our Parents couldn’t and made it easier & more fun to be a teen in the 80’s in a time when music and videos ruled our lives . These movies are so special to me I can’t put it into words. 🌠💫✨🌠💫✨💫🌠🤍
@@paulamoya7956 it's a very rare talent, to make a humorous juvenile script that is extremely intelligent and well written. And he did it over and over again with variety and brashness. And it was the right time for him to come along.
Airplane! (1980) is the first movie that I can recall with a “post credit” scene - nearly everyone misses it. The man in the taxi is still waiting with the meter running 🤣😂
@@CinemaRules If you’re talking about The Silencers, I haven’t been able to get through a Dean Martin Matt Helm movie. I find them boring. However, from my other comment about Matthew Broderick in Glory, that is a must see. I’ve seen it several times and it has an all-star cast. Also a great score.
@@CinemaRules Better 60s Camp Spy films: In Like Flint and Our Man Flint with James Coburn. Also, my favorite guilty pleasure, the great Racquel Welch in a film called Fathom. Fathom is the kind of film that keeps you guessing.
Mathew Broderick [Ferris] and Jennifer Grey [his sister Jeannie Bueller] actually started a romance during the filming of the movie. As did the two actors who played his parents…who married afterwards.
Ben Stein (the teacher) is a well-renowned Economist and Presidential Speech Writer. He was actually just giving one of his own lectures on Economics in the class scene. 😂
You're absolutely right. Ferris is the catalyst. All he does, plot-wise, is go round in a circle and ends up exactly where he was at the start. It's no coincidence he's called Ferris: the Ferris Wheel was invented in Chicago, where this film is set. Cameron is indeed the hero... the real title of the film should be Cameron Fry's Day Off.
When I was a teenager back in the late 80's/early 90's, I had Ferris Bueller, Weird Science and Breakfast club taped onto one long play VHS cassette. Having had an abusive father at this time, and spent years being bullied at school, this one John Hughes compilation pretty much saved me. The scene at the end with Cameron and the car especially resonated with me, because of how Cameron finally decided to stand up to his unloving father, while admitting that he was done "being scared". Those three films were more than entertainment for me, they were therapy.
I was 15 when this came out … this whole situation was unique and inspirational at such an impressionable age. Many young men looked at this film and dreamt of what might be … I remained a “good kid” but felt I vicariously rebelled simply by enjoying the film. Big positive vibes. Thanks for your continued output, very well constructed and commented content … well done and thanks x
This movie is years before my time, but I still grew up watching it. Absolute classic. I love John Hughes' use of Chicago as a backdrop in so many of his movies. He loved the city and even used the steps of his former high school for the scene in this film when Ferris picks up Sloane.
Thank you for watching one of John Hughes’ classics! The comedy, music, dialogue and character growth is just perfection to me! It’s so quotable and never fails to make me laugh or smile like it’s the first time seeing it. I’m glad you both enjoy this timeless film!
The teen film you guys need to see is the one so good everyone forgets it's a teen film--Tom Cruise's first big movie--'Risky Business'(1983). It's iconic.
Hughes had a lot to say about school. It is worth noting the difference he paints here between the teens that are dutifully in school and learning nothing, while Ferris and crew are experiencing fine dining, dancing in a cultural parade, touring an art museum, going to a baseball game, lounging by the pool. Which day was better spent? Sitting in front of Ben Stein droning on while you drool on your notebook for six hours, or living a full day? What John Hughes tapped into with Ferris Bueller's free-wheeling, drink deeply from life celebration of youth set the ball for the 1989 Robin Williams film to spike for game/set/match with Dead Poets Society. Between Ferris Bueller, Breakfast Club, Top Gun, the Punk Rock movement, and Dead Poets society you find the four keys to understanding Gen X.
The actor who played Cameron, Alan Ruck, was 29 when he starred in this film (Matthew Broderick by comparison, was 22 and Mia Sara was 19). He is one of those actors, much like Keanu Reeves, that seems to defy the aging process. Although he has gone full grey hair, he still looks rather youthful for a 67 year old. And the sister wasn't played by the girl who played Tia in Uncle Buck. That was Jean Louise Kelly. Kelly cameoed as Ice Man Kazansky's wife in Top Gun: Maverick. Jennifer Grey, Baby from Dirty Dancing, played Ferris's sister. And she looks unrecognizable today than she did in all those 80s and 90s films thanks to all the plastic surgeries she's had over the years.
This is a classic and I'm so glad you enjoyed it. John hughes was just a genius at capturing the essence of the human experience that we all share, which is why his films did, and continue to resonate with people. Since you guys liked this, I'd love to see you react to "Better Off Dead" (1985) with John Cusack. It is another charming film I think you would really enjoy. As usual, thanks for putting a smile on my face fellas!
This movie's after-credits ("stinger") is occasionally mimicked in other shows/movies. A notable one is the after-credits for Deadpool, which is excellent.
Thanks for a GREAT reaction and very good comments at the end. I always thought that there is more to this movie than first hits the eye. Another good 80's movie with Broderick is his first big role in "WarGames" (1984). Ed Helms has a podcast about it: "SNAFU".
@@cherrypi_b Yes. They even have a "hommage" to it in the beginning of "Edge of Tomorrow". They have the "NORAD" screens-room in the background right at the start of the movie...
When you watch this movie, it’s hard to believe that Matthew Broderick would in a few years put in the serious performance he did in Glory. You should watch that one.
and kill people basically just months later right near these blokes, I'm just being real this movie is now closer to 1950 than 2023 now..how crazy is that
Ferris is the same person at the beginning of the film as he is at the end. Everyone else he encounters is changed in some way. Especially Cameron. It really is a brilliant script and one of my all-time favorites. I also love Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. He wrote Mr. Mom with Michael Keaton which is pretty good too. I saw FBDO as a sneak preview back in '86. I still have the Leisure Rules poster and pin they gave out.
In case you didn’t know, the art montage sequence uses the score for The Smith’s Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want. Probably re-recorded for the film in the same way The Breakfast Club used Don’t You Forget About Me. I heard the Ferris Bueller score before I heard The Smith’s album, so it was kind of cool when I had that realization, and I knew where it came from.
As a guy from Illinois, I'm always glad John Hughes gave our city of Chicago some love in his films. The grandparents of a former coworker of mine are in the crowd during the parade. (Supposedly).
20:40 - Check out the car registrations. The letters signify other John Hughes movie titles... Katie Bueller’s Chrysler LeBaron bore VCTN (National Lampoon’s Vacation); Jeannie’s Pontiac Fiero displayed TBC (The Breakfast Club); Tom Bueller's Audi 5000 S Turbo had MMOM (Mr. Mom); and Mr Rooney's Plymouth wore 4FBDO. The Frye Ferrari famously wore the NRVOUS license plate to signify the family’s anxious disposition.
John Hughes originally wrote Ferris Bueller's Day off for Anthony Michael Hall, who was Hughes' muse in the 1980s along with Molly Ringwald, having appeared in other John Hughes films like Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Weird Science. But Anthony Michael Hall turned down the role as he was involved in another project, and he'd also had a falling out with Hughes at the time, so Matthew Broderick was cast instead.
John Hughes also wrote and produced 'Some Kind of Wonderful' which is worth it for Elias Koteas alone who steals the show even though he's barely in it, but the rest of the movie is also great!
The commentary track to this is really interesting. John Hughes said that they people of Chicago didn't realize they were filming a movie during the parade scene, and just thought that it was random parade downtown. So a lot of the shots of the crowd, like the construction dude on the scaffolding, were genuine reactions from people of Chicago. And as someone from the Chicagoland are, that's always been so cool to me.
i remember a group of us teen interns getting together summer of 85 and going to see breakfast club. when the lights came up, the whole damn theater was full of sobbing teens. john hughes had his pulse on every teens life and you felt that he just got you. it didn’t matter your gender, color or economic status, you saw yourself in 1 or all of his movies at 1 time or another his movies saved a generation of kids. bless him. 🙏🏼❤️
My favorite John Hughes film is “She’s Having a Baby” starring Kevin Bacon. It’s so good and so under appreciated. Kevin Smith (a huge Hughes fan) did an homage to this same film with his “Jersey Girl”. He has said several times that “She’s Having a Baby” is his favorite film that Hughes did.
One of the best comedies of the 80s. John Hughes did so many fantastic films back then Planes Trains and Automobiles, Pretty In Pink, Uncle Buck, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Some Kind Of Wonderful, The Home Alone films and many more. The plot here lends itself to great comedy scenarios. Funniest parts are when Rooney keeps getting caught out. I saw this at the cinema on release, and the audience were nearly choking with laughter. A very poignant ending with Cameron going to stand up to his father. A shame John Hughes himself died very young only 59. Still he left a great legacy of films, of which this was one of his best.
18.09 - No. Odometer cannot be rolled back by putting vehicle in reverse. Prior to the early 2000s, you had to manually roll back the numbers on a mechanical instrument whose purpose was to capture the distance a vehicle traveled. This meant actually removing instrument panel.
Me and my friend absolutely loved this movie when we were in HS. I had save Ferris on my grad cap😂 and I got a Cameron jersey for my bday one year.. It's such a timeless movie everyone needs to see at least once in thier life. Plans Trains and Automobiles is my favorite John Hughes movie, but this is my second! The quotes are legendary and the soundtrack is pretty awesome too! My friend and I have many theories about this movie, but we have a theory, that Mr. Bueller knew about what his son was doing the whole time! There's no darn way he could NOT recognize his kid right by the car window like that.. to this day, I can't watch that scene without going, " how the hell do you not recognize your own child?!!!!" 😂
I was 15 when this film came out. It was a big hit among my friends. It was so on point for the day that I will watch it every time it comes up in my streaming suggestions and I'll sit through every reaction that gets put in front of me. As someone who this film was aimed at, I sit and laugh at how little you get from it. The comments on the time are so transparent that unless you were in the target agegroup and lived in the time, you miss it. What I love about it now is seeing a lovely reactioner that has no connection to that time and still find the purely funny parts funny.
this movie had been out for about 20 years when i was in high school and senior year i had a free period right after lunch where me and about 10 other upper classmen in that free period would chill in the marketing room that had some AV equipment and order pizza like once a month and watch this. this movie has always been a classic.
Have you seen Uncle Buck ? Thats my favorite John Hughes film . I have seen it dozens of times and still watch it when I see it on the tely. Sowed it to my nephews when they were twelve. In 1 viewing they had all the good lines memorized. Its John Candy's best.
This and Breakfast Club are for me his best 'teen' movies but 16 Candles and Pretty in Pink are both classics as well, and Weird Science is nuts awesome fun. For another teen comedy from the mid 80s worth a laugh Better Off Dead with a young John Cusack is pretty insane.
My nostalgic movie as a kid was The Dark Crystal. Still love it to this day. It isn’t a film a lot of people have seen until the series came out a couple of years ago. It’s deffo worth a watch.
Dark Crystal is still in my top ten of all time. Completely obsessed as a child. I think it's what got me into horror films. I saw it at the Music Box in Chicago a few years ago and loved it even more as an adult. Did not care for the series much, though.
My first time faking being sick to skip school was when I was about 7. I felt so bad about faking that I admitted it about half-way through the day to my Mom. I don't remember what happened after that.
I was 10 when this came out... watched it a ton when I was a bit older. If I let myself question too much, some parts fall apart, but just riding with it, you can see how great it is. I liked your take on who they were as characters. Sloan TOTALLY needed an arc, but it was the 80s and she is beautiful, so that was enough. 80s being 80s.
I think for the girlfriend, it is showing her relationship to Ferris he was a year older and going to graduate leaving her behind. He'd be off in college and she'd be a high school senior, straining their relationship. I haven't seen this film in quite a while, so I don't remember how much this was talked about during the actual film. But I think she was just trying to support Cameron as a friend who needed help. And also wanting to make memories with Ferris before he go off to college without her.
“Some Kind Of Wonderful “ is Highes’ best IMHO. I was in HS when all his films were huge. I gave every one on CD to my daughter on her 16Th birthday - I’m a pretty big fan. Some Kind Of Wonderful didn’t get the publicity of some of the others, it’s extremely underrated. Give it a go.
I must say to the chap who had a moment about how the actors in this timeless movie have aged 35+ years. I want him to know I appreciate his moment there. I suppose all that’s left is what Ferris says twice: “Life moves pretty fast…” as well as what he says once: “It’s over! Go home.” That’s the short and the short of it. Hang in there and keep watching these glorious 80s movies - it’s good for your health! No lie.
The first movie to have an after credit scene was The Silencers (1966). And there are at least 5 other movies that came out before Ferris that had one.
I like this channel so much, my favorite reacting video place on youtube. Tom and Shaun commentaries after the movie are so insightful and amazing to hear. They do have very interesting points of view. Ferris Bueller's day off is one of my favorite of all time and I hope they react to The breakfast club anytime soon.
John Hughes wrote National Lampoon's Class Reunion released in 1982. Alot of people didnt like it but i watched it when is was 17 and thought it was perfectly silly and hilarious. I've quoted lines from it for the last 30 years.
To me, Ferris represents everything about being young, rebelliousness but with having all his bases covered. He was popular with everyone at school, wasn’t judgmental, the all around good guy for a middle class teenager. Cameron had his issues with his father who loved material things like cars and that is why he was a hypochondriac to get his father to care. Sloan wasn’t along for the ride as you put it, she represented this proper upper crusted middle class teenager attracted to Ferris because he was fearless and bold in all his decisions. Ferris had his Laurent’s wrapped around his finger and could do no wrong in their eyes. Jeanie had this competitive edge to her as to who can persuade the parents for their affection and attention. To me, this is one of many of theater John Hughes classics. Hope you both get around to watch the other movies he made. Until next time! - Gene A.
I loved this movie when it came out but over the years I haven't enjoyed watching it as much. I loved (and still love) Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink.
you love love the Soundtrack that never was. As far as I know to this day there isnt an official Ferris Buellers Day Original Soundtrack. I believe Spotify does have all the songs together on a playlist though. Some of the stuff that happened in the parade was acutally improvised by the crowd and not scripted.
Love that you guys reacted to this!! Never gets old. My favorite John Hughes film is Pretty in Pink! Highly recommend you guys watch Turk 182! seeing you enjoyed Ferris. Not John Hughes, but it came out a year earlier and has some similar vibes! Although it was never as popular as the other brat pack films of the time, it's absolutely a cult classic. Definitely another fun watch if you guys haven't seen it! ❤
The soundtrack IS amazing. The musicians Yello are so cool, so prolific. And John Hughes is magical. Random recommendation, Yello plus Heidi Happy. Sooo good.
Although John Hughes is known for his movies taking place in Chicago (or, at least, Chicagoland), this is the one he points to as his love letter to the city of Chicago
When I watch it again little older i figured out why going in reverse didn't work. And here is why If you had a bike with a speed gauge on it what wheel is it connected to front or back. It connected to the front wheel. Same with the car so only turning the back wheels will not make the miles go back because the gauge is not connected to them. The gauge would be connected to the front wheel
I've just watched War Games today, also with Matthew Broderick. As far as childhood films, Krull was my favourite film. And, the old wizard guy with no eyes still scares me.
A "must-watch" from his writing collection is "Mr. Mom" starring Michael Keaton and Teri Garr, but my favorite of his by far is "She's Having a Baby" starring Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern. It's autobiographical and very emotional at times, but it's also absurd and hilarious. His direction is top-notch in it, and you guys HAVE to react to it. 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏
How crazy is it that this film is closer to 1950 than 2023 now...blows my mind. Something I miss about John Hughes is he always filmed around Chicago. Rarely do directors film anywhere other than California (now they film in Canada posing as NYC or even Montana etc, yeah seriously) and just fake it. His films have a completely different atmosphere. I mean when they film in California is lacks seasons. Chicago has those large schools and museums and seasons which means characters having a bigger appreciation for summer and whiter Christmas's and large live oak trees canopying along the roads etc..just something I don't think viewers think about. It's harder to film in such climates but it's worth it, more impactful. Things happen you can't even predict, the struggle is felt. I mean imagine if Rocky was filmed in LA..there'd be no steam coming out of his mouth.
Alan Ruck(Cameron's actor) is only 3 years and about 4 months from 70 years old. So he was about 30 years old when this came out. I say this in reference to Shaun feeling older because he says all the "teenage" actors are like in their 50's and 60's.
No,it was 300.7 miles, over by more than 100 miles! This movie highlights how cool downtown Chicago used to be! I beloved the "Danke Shien" and "Twist and Shout" scenes!
My top 2 are Ferris B and The Breakfast Club. I watched Breakfast Club before almost any of his other teen films and it messed me up because it is such a deeper film that I was surprised when most of the other ones are very silly. Lol.
I love Ferris Bueller's Day Off as I am born in Chicago and seeing my hometown back in the day and the characters are amazing. Also hope you react to Pretty in Pink Especially The Breakfast Club
There is a television show called Psych that I think you guys might enjoy, not even for the channel just in general. The main character Shawn is very much like Ferris, and his best friend Gus is like Cameron. The show has a ton of episodes that are basically love letters to the 80s and John Hughes, and all of the Breakfast Club actors and even the actor who played Cameron have had guest roles on it. Just a recommendation because the show never really took off outside of its very passionate fanbase, so I like to suggest it when I can.
I used to get the thermometer and hold it to a lightbulb and then would put it under my arm and then ask what a normal temperature is because mine is 100 degrees Fahrenheit (normal is 98).
Ferris was wrong to make Cameron to take the Farrari but I still think he truly cared about Cameron and that he was a good friend to him. However, a lot of the channels reacting to this movie don't see that.
Also, might want to check out Don't You Forget About Me. It's a documentary where teen fans go on a road trip to meet John Hughes, getting into his filmography on the way. He has not agreed to meet them so the question is, will they succeed in meeting him. Really good and strangely came out just after he died.
Someone once explained to me they saw this film as one friend pulling another out of depression and once you watch the film a second time it changes everything. Ferris comes off as devil may care but he loves Cameron and tries to pull him out of his funk and his troubling relationship with his dad. Underneath all the hi jinks and absurdity it's actually very heartwarming.
I can totally see it now you mention it. Wow.
@@propakindustries22 right? It elevates an already great film ;)
@@katec8796 do you have any more epiphanies for me? 😅
@@propakindustries22 lol when I think of more I'll get back to you ;)
@Kate C im looking forward to it
John Hughes was the first director that focused on teen movies, and treated us with interest, validity, and respect. I was exactly his audience precisely when these movies came out, and I can't tell you the joy of feeling celebrated, the sense of possibility and understanding they caused in my friends and I. They were real and silly and genuine and funny and serious and outrageous, all the things we were. Let someone else direct teen movies filled with dark secrets and cynicism, Mr. Hughes would rather write love letters.
You’re 100% right, he does treat teens with a level of understanding and maturity
representation matters!
Same same same same . Thank God for John Hughes..I can’t imagine my life without him . He understood us when our Parents couldn’t and made it easier & more fun to be a teen in the 80’s in a time when music and videos ruled our lives . These movies are so special to me I can’t put it into words. 🌠💫✨🌠💫✨💫🌠🤍
So very well said.
@@paulamoya7956 it's a very rare talent, to make a humorous juvenile script that is extremely intelligent and well written. And he did it over and over again with variety and brashness. And it was the right time for him to come along.
Airplane! (1980) is the first movie that I can recall with a “post credit” scene - nearly everyone misses it. The man in the taxi is still waiting with the meter running 🤣😂
The Muppet Movie had a post credit scene.
According to Wikipedia the first major film with a post credit scene was The Silencers (1966) a Matt Helm film starring Dean Martin.
@@richwagener we’ll have to add it to the list, have you seen it?
@@CinemaRules If you’re talking about The Silencers, I haven’t been able to get through a Dean Martin Matt Helm movie. I find them boring. However, from my other comment about Matthew Broderick in Glory, that is a must see. I’ve seen it several times and it has an all-star cast. Also a great score.
@@CinemaRules Better 60s Camp Spy films: In Like Flint and Our Man Flint with James Coburn. Also, my favorite guilty pleasure, the great Racquel Welch in a film called Fathom. Fathom is the kind of film that keeps you guessing.
Mathew Broderick [Ferris] and Jennifer Grey [his sister Jeannie Bueller] actually started a romance during the filming of the movie. As did the two actors who played his parents…who married afterwards.
Aw that's lovely
Remember reading it was revealed because Broderick killed 2 people in a car crash while they were on holiday together in Ireland.
@@urmintrude that’s crazy!!
The parents did marry, but, like mostly all Hollywood romances, they divorced years later.
Ben Stein (the teacher) is a well-renowned Economist and Presidential Speech Writer. He was actually just giving one of his own lectures on Economics in the class scene. 😂
The girl on the payphone at 05:11 is my friend and high school classmate Kristin.
Much of the film was filmed in my neighborhood in Chicago.
16:51 That's 301 and 7/10 mile. That last number counts tenths of miles.
Cameron is actually the hero of this story. Ferris is the mentor/trickster archetype. That's why Ferris doesn't have a character arc but Cameron does.
You're absolutely right. Ferris is the catalyst. All he does, plot-wise, is go round in a circle and ends up exactly where he was at the start. It's no coincidence he's called Ferris: the Ferris Wheel was invented in Chicago, where this film is set. Cameron is indeed the hero... the real title of the film should be Cameron Fry's Day Off.
@@kaikell7541 Cameron even has a death/rebirth scene (part of the Hero's Journey) when he pretends to drown.
When I was a teenager back in the late 80's/early 90's, I had Ferris Bueller, Weird Science and Breakfast club taped onto one long play VHS cassette. Having had an abusive father at this time, and spent years being bullied at school, this one John Hughes compilation pretty much saved me. The scene at the end with Cameron and the car especially resonated with me, because of how Cameron finally decided to stand up to his unloving father, while admitting that he was done "being scared". Those three films were more than entertainment for me, they were therapy.
Yeah that was a great scene. Could tell Cameron needed a bit of that dgaf attitude in his life. Maybe Ferris needed some of the structure.
I was 15 when this came out … this whole situation was unique and inspirational at such an impressionable age. Many young men looked at this film and dreamt of what might be … I remained a “good kid” but felt I vicariously rebelled simply by enjoying the film. Big positive vibes. Thanks for your continued output, very well constructed and commented content … well done and thanks x
This movie is years before my time, but I still grew up watching it. Absolute classic. I love John Hughes' use of Chicago as a backdrop in so many of his movies. He loved the city and even used the steps of his former high school for the scene in this film when Ferris picks up Sloane.
Thank you for watching one of John Hughes’ classics! The comedy, music, dialogue and character growth is just perfection to me! It’s so quotable and never fails to make me laugh or smile like it’s the first time seeing it. I’m glad you both enjoy this timeless film!
The teen film you guys need to see is the one so good everyone forgets it's a teen film--Tom Cruise's first big movie--'Risky Business'(1983). It's iconic.
Hughes had a lot to say about school. It is worth noting the difference he paints here between the teens that are dutifully in school and learning nothing, while Ferris and crew are experiencing fine dining, dancing in a cultural parade, touring an art museum, going to a baseball game, lounging by the pool. Which day was better spent? Sitting in front of Ben Stein droning on while you drool on your notebook for six hours, or living a full day?
What John Hughes tapped into with Ferris Bueller's free-wheeling, drink deeply from life celebration of youth set the ball for the 1989 Robin Williams film to spike for game/set/match with Dead Poets Society. Between Ferris Bueller, Breakfast Club, Top Gun, the Punk Rock movement, and Dead Poets society you find the four keys to understanding Gen X.
Charlie Sheen actually stayed out all night partying the night before his scene was filmed - so he’d look wasted 😆
The actor who played Cameron, Alan Ruck, was 29 when he starred in this film (Matthew Broderick by comparison, was 22 and Mia Sara was 19). He is one of those actors, much like Keanu Reeves, that seems to defy the aging process. Although he has gone full grey hair, he still looks rather youthful for a 67 year old. And the sister wasn't played by the girl who played Tia in Uncle Buck. That was Jean Louise Kelly. Kelly cameoed as Ice Man Kazansky's wife in Top Gun: Maverick. Jennifer Grey, Baby from Dirty Dancing, played Ferris's sister. And she looks unrecognizable today than she did in all those 80s and 90s films thanks to all the plastic surgeries she's had over the years.
the actors who played Ferris's parents fell in love in real life when making this movie
This is a classic and I'm so glad you enjoyed it. John hughes was just a genius at capturing the essence of the human experience that we all share, which is why his films did, and continue to resonate with people. Since you guys liked this, I'd love to see you react to "Better Off Dead" (1985) with John Cusack. It is another charming film I think you would really enjoy. As usual, thanks for putting a smile on my face fellas!
I love the fan theory that the whole movie is Cameron’s fever dream and Ferris is the imaginary perfect “dude” Cameron wishes he was.
I like this as well
Interesting 🧐 😂
it's not even a fan theory, that's what the film is!! But you can watch it in from so many view points.... which is why it's a classic!
Also, the parallels to FIGHT CLUB.
@@mlaan1 Citation?
I love how he shows up to the school dressed as inspector gadget and he plays inspector gadget in the 1999 movie👍🏼
This movie's after-credits ("stinger") is occasionally mimicked in other shows/movies. A notable one is the after-credits for Deadpool, which is excellent.
Thanks for a GREAT reaction and very good comments at the end. I always thought that there is more to this movie than first hits the eye. Another good 80's movie with Broderick is his first big role in "WarGames" (1984). Ed Helms has a podcast about it: "SNAFU".
WarGames was groundbreaking! Sure, it has aged, but the thoughts that it displayed were pretty new. I still love it very much.
@@cherrypi_b Yes. They even have a "hommage" to it in the beginning of "Edge of Tomorrow". They have the "NORAD" screens-room in the background right at the start of the movie...
When you watch this movie, it’s hard to believe that Matthew Broderick would in a few years put in the serious performance he did in Glory. You should watch that one.
I’m not familiar with glory, what’s it about?
@@CinemaRules It’s a US civil war film about the Massachusetts 54th regiment, one of the first African American combat units. Definitely recommended.
@@CinemaRules Denzel Washington won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in Glory.
@@CinemaRulesbest ever movie about the Civil War. Masterful film.
and kill people basically just months later right near these blokes, I'm just being real
this movie is now closer to 1950 than 2023 now..how crazy is that
Ferris is the same person at the beginning of the film as he is at the end. Everyone else he encounters is changed in some way. Especially Cameron. It really is a brilliant script and one of my all-time favorites. I also love Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. He wrote Mr. Mom with Michael Keaton which is pretty good too. I saw FBDO as a sneak preview back in '86. I still have the Leisure Rules poster and pin they gave out.
I must have watched this movie once a month for about 10 years. It was my favorite film without question throughout my formative years.
In case you didn’t know, the art montage sequence uses the score for The Smith’s Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want. Probably re-recorded for the film in the same way The Breakfast Club used Don’t You Forget About Me.
I heard the Ferris Bueller score before I heard The Smith’s album, so it was kind of cool when I had that realization, and I knew where it came from.
As a guy from Illinois, I'm always glad John Hughes gave our city of Chicago some love in his films. The grandparents of a former coworker of mine are in the crowd during the parade. (Supposedly).
20:40 - Check out the car registrations. The letters signify other John Hughes movie titles... Katie Bueller’s Chrysler LeBaron bore VCTN (National Lampoon’s Vacation); Jeannie’s Pontiac Fiero displayed TBC (The Breakfast Club); Tom Bueller's Audi 5000 S Turbo had MMOM (Mr. Mom); and Mr Rooney's Plymouth wore 4FBDO. The Frye Ferrari famously wore the NRVOUS license plate to signify the family’s anxious disposition.
John Hughes originally wrote Ferris Bueller's Day off for Anthony Michael Hall, who was Hughes' muse in the 1980s along with Molly Ringwald, having appeared in other John Hughes films like Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Weird Science. But Anthony Michael Hall turned down the role as he was involved in another project, and he'd also had a falling out with Hughes at the time, so Matthew Broderick was cast instead.
John Hughes also wrote and produced 'Some Kind of Wonderful' which is worth it for Elias Koteas alone who steals the show even though he's barely in it, but the rest of the movie is also great!
Very underappreciated classic! Wish someone would react to it.👍
One of my favourite John Hughes’ film - that last line is so ICONIC ❤
I’d say that applies to both the pre-credit last line “Life moves pretty fast…” as well as the post-credit last line “Go.” 😄
20:50 I always wondered why Ferris doesn't have his own key to the house.
19:23: “And they never saw him again…” 😄👍
I always joked of a chyron appearing, under his smiling face, that reads: “Cameron Frye, 1968-1986”
The commentary track to this is really interesting. John Hughes said that they people of Chicago didn't realize they were filming a movie during the parade scene, and just thought that it was random parade downtown. So a lot of the shots of the crowd, like the construction dude on the scaffolding, were genuine reactions from people of Chicago. And as someone from the Chicagoland are, that's always been so cool to me.
This film was a HUGE part of my childhood--especially growing up in Chicago. It's ICONIC.
PLEASE REACT TO SIXTEEN CANDLES!!! It is the best of his.
i remember a group of us teen interns getting together summer of 85 and going to see breakfast club. when the lights came up, the whole damn theater was full of sobbing teens. john hughes had his pulse on every teens life and you felt that he just got you. it didn’t matter your gender, color or economic status, you saw yourself in 1 or all of his movies at 1 time or another his movies saved a generation of kids. bless him. 🙏🏼❤️
My favorite John Hughes film is “She’s Having a Baby” starring Kevin Bacon. It’s so good and so under appreciated. Kevin Smith (a huge Hughes fan) did an homage to this same film with his “Jersey Girl”. He has said several times that “She’s Having a Baby” is his favorite film that Hughes did.
One of the best comedies of the 80s. John Hughes did so many fantastic films back then Planes Trains and Automobiles, Pretty In Pink, Uncle Buck, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Some Kind Of Wonderful, The Home Alone films and many more. The plot here lends itself to great comedy scenarios. Funniest parts are when Rooney keeps getting caught out. I saw this at the cinema on release, and the audience were nearly choking with laughter. A very poignant ending with Cameron going to stand up to his father. A shame John Hughes himself died very young only 59. Still he left a great legacy of films, of which this was one of his best.
18.09 - No. Odometer cannot be rolled back by putting vehicle in reverse. Prior to the early 2000s, you had to manually roll back the numbers on a mechanical instrument whose purpose was to capture the distance a vehicle traveled. This meant actually removing instrument panel.
When me and my mates went to Chicago the first time, we went to the top of Sears (now Willis) Tower, and of course we did 😊
Me and my friend absolutely loved this movie when we were in HS. I had save Ferris on my grad cap😂 and I got a Cameron jersey for my bday one year..
It's such a timeless movie everyone needs to see at least once in thier life. Plans Trains and Automobiles is my favorite John Hughes movie, but this is my second! The quotes are legendary and the soundtrack is pretty awesome too!
My friend and I have many theories about this movie, but we have a theory, that Mr. Bueller knew about what his son was doing the whole time! There's no darn way he could NOT recognize his kid right by the car window like that.. to this day, I can't watch that scene without going, " how the hell do you not recognize your own child?!!!!" 😂
I was 15 when this film came out. It was a big hit among my friends. It was so on point for the day that I will watch it every time it comes up in my streaming suggestions and I'll sit through every reaction that gets put in front of me. As someone who this film was aimed at, I sit and laugh at how little you get from it. The comments on the time are so transparent that unless you were in the target agegroup and lived in the time, you miss it. What I love about it now is seeing a lovely reactioner that has no connection to that time and still find the purely funny parts funny.
this movie had been out for about 20 years when i was in high school and senior year i had a free period right after lunch where me and about 10 other upper classmen in that free period would chill in the marketing room that had some AV equipment and order pizza like once a month and watch this. this movie has always been a classic.
Have you seen Uncle Buck ? Thats my favorite John Hughes film . I have seen it dozens of times and still watch it when I see it on the tely.
Sowed it to my nephews when they were twelve. In 1 viewing they had all the good lines memorized. Its John Candy's best.
Shaun is right time does fly. I'm the same age as Broderick and Grey and I'm 58. This movie always takes me back.
This and Breakfast Club are for me his best 'teen' movies but 16 Candles and Pretty in Pink are both classics as well, and Weird Science is nuts awesome fun.
For another teen comedy from the mid 80s worth a laugh Better Off Dead with a young John Cusack is pretty insane.
My nostalgic movie as a kid was The Dark Crystal. Still love it to this day. It isn’t a film a lot of people have seen until the series came out a couple of years ago. It’s deffo worth a watch.
Dark Crystal doesn’t hold up very well for me. The pacing is too slow.
Dark Crystal is still in my top ten of all time. Completely obsessed as a child. I think it's what got me into horror films. I saw it at the Music Box in Chicago a few years ago and loved it even more as an adult. Did not care for the series much, though.
My first time faking being sick to skip school was when I was about 7. I felt so bad about faking that I admitted it about half-way through the day to my Mom. I don't remember what happened after that.
I was 10 when this came out... watched it a ton when I was a bit older. If I let myself question too much, some parts fall apart, but just riding with it, you can see how great it is. I liked your take on who they were as characters. Sloan TOTALLY needed an arc, but it was the 80s and she is beautiful, so that was enough. 80s being 80s.
I think for the girlfriend, it is showing her relationship to Ferris he was a year older and going to graduate leaving her behind. He'd be off in college and she'd be a high school senior, straining their relationship. I haven't seen this film in quite a while, so I don't remember how much this was talked about during the actual film. But I think she was just trying to support Cameron as a friend who needed help. And also wanting to make memories with Ferris before he go off to college without her.
Brings back so many memories of my childhood. Glad you liked it.
“Some Kind Of Wonderful “ is Highes’ best IMHO.
I was in HS when all his films were huge.
I gave every one on CD to my daughter on her 16Th birthday
- I’m a pretty big fan.
Some Kind Of Wonderful didn’t get the publicity of some of the others, it’s extremely underrated.
Give it a go.
I must say to the chap who had a moment about how the actors in this timeless movie have aged 35+ years. I want him to know I appreciate his moment there. I suppose all that’s left is what Ferris says twice: “Life moves pretty fast…” as well as what he says once: “It’s over! Go home.” That’s the short and the short of it. Hang in there and keep watching these glorious 80s movies - it’s good for your health! No lie.
The first movie to have an after credit scene was The Silencers (1966). And there are at least 5 other movies that came out before Ferris that had one.
A lovely movie I first watched on a VHS rental tape over 30 years ago and it's still a very good picture.
I like this channel so much, my favorite reacting video place on youtube. Tom and Shaun commentaries after the movie are so insightful and amazing to hear. They do have very interesting points of view. Ferris Bueller's day off is one of my favorite of all time and I hope they react to The breakfast club anytime soon.
John Hughes wrote National Lampoon's Class Reunion released in 1982. Alot of people didnt like it but i watched it when is was 17 and thought it was perfectly silly and hilarious. I've quoted lines from it for the last 30 years.
Jennifer Grey(Jeanie-Shawna) was not in Uncle Buck. Her most famous film is a year after this one, Dirty Dancing.
18:47 I almost cried when I dropped my almost-mint Italian sportsbike on the pavement once. I can definitely relate.
Nice reaction, this is one of my favorite movies from the 80's. Thanks for giving me and your other subscribers this content.
To me, Ferris represents everything about being young, rebelliousness but with having all his bases covered. He was popular with everyone at school, wasn’t judgmental, the all around good guy for a middle class teenager. Cameron had his issues with his father who loved material things like cars and that is why he was a hypochondriac to get his father to care. Sloan wasn’t along for the ride as you put it, she represented this proper upper crusted middle class teenager attracted to Ferris because he was fearless and bold in all his decisions. Ferris had his Laurent’s wrapped around his finger and could do no wrong in their eyes. Jeanie had this competitive edge to her as to who can persuade the parents for their affection and attention. To me, this is one of many of theater John Hughes classics. Hope you both get around to watch the other movies he made. Until next time! - Gene A.
I loved this movie when it came out but over the years I haven't enjoyed watching it as much. I loved (and still love) Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink.
you love love the Soundtrack that never was. As far as I know to this day there isnt an official Ferris Buellers Day Original Soundtrack. I believe Spotify does have all the songs together on a playlist though. Some of the stuff that happened in the parade was acutally improvised by the crowd and not scripted.
Rewatching it, I picture Alan Ruck as Connor Roy from Succession.
You've seen that super close up shot of the painting in family guy
Classic!!! One of my favorites. Guys should do breakfast club!!!!
He also did Some Kind of Wonderful and wrote the 2 Hone Alone films
That music sting gets me every time at 6:41.
Love that you guys reacted to this!! Never gets old. My favorite John Hughes film is Pretty in Pink! Highly recommend you guys watch Turk 182! seeing you enjoyed Ferris. Not John Hughes, but it came out a year earlier and has some similar vibes! Although it was never as popular as the other brat pack films of the time, it's absolutely a cult classic. Definitely another fun watch if you guys haven't seen it! ❤
The soundtrack IS amazing. The musicians Yello are so cool, so prolific. And John Hughes is magical. Random recommendation, Yello plus Heidi Happy. Sooo good.
so funny that you guys recorded this at christmas. Life moves pretty fast...
If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
You guys get it! Haha
@@CinemaRules cheers lads!
Although John Hughes is known for his movies taking place in Chicago (or, at least, Chicagoland), this is the one he points to as his love letter to the city of Chicago
When I watch it again little older i figured out why going in reverse didn't work. And here is why
If you had a bike with a speed gauge on it what wheel is it connected to front or back. It connected to the front wheel. Same with the car so only turning the back wheels will not make the miles go back because the gauge is not connected to them. The gauge would be connected to the front wheel
The scenes between Ferris and Cameron were especially good. Also I totally forgot Charlie Sheen was in this.
This is my favorite movie. Such a classic
I've just watched War Games today, also with Matthew Broderick.
As far as childhood films, Krull was my favourite film. And, the old wizard guy with no eyes still scares me.
A "must-watch" from his writing collection is "Mr. Mom" starring Michael Keaton and Teri Garr, but my favorite of his by far is "She's Having a Baby" starring Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern. It's autobiographical and very emotional at times, but it's also absurd and hilarious. His direction is top-notch in it, and you guys HAVE to react to it. 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏
Btw, they are developing a sort of sequel to Ferris Bueller that tells the story of what happens with the parking guys when they borrow the car.
How crazy is it that this film is closer to 1950 than 2023 now...blows my mind.
Something I miss about John Hughes is he always filmed around Chicago. Rarely do directors film anywhere other than California (now they film in Canada posing as NYC or even Montana etc, yeah seriously) and just fake it. His films have a completely different atmosphere. I mean when they film in California is lacks seasons. Chicago has those large schools and museums and seasons which means characters having a bigger appreciation for summer and whiter Christmas's and large live oak trees canopying along the roads etc..just something I don't think viewers think about. It's harder to film in such climates but it's worth it, more impactful. Things happen you can't even predict, the struggle is felt. I mean imagine if Rocky was filmed in LA..there'd be no steam coming out of his mouth.
I bunked off college one afternoon with 3 others and went to watch this at the cinema.....thems were the days...
Alan Ruck(Cameron's actor) is only 3 years and about 4 months from 70 years old. So he was about 30 years old when this came out. I say this in reference to Shaun feeling older because he says all the "teenage" actors are like in their 50's and 60's.
Loved this. You guys really need to react to Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion. Best movie ever lol.
I remember watching this movie over and over as a kid and always laughing my ass off at the sister's triple kick to the principal
i just watched this last night seen it many times one of my go to movies.
No,it was 300.7 miles, over by more than 100 miles!
This movie highlights how cool downtown Chicago used to be! I beloved the "Danke Shien" and "Twist and Shout" scenes!
Yes they couldn't have done 3000 miles that quickly!! Lol
I really really hope you guys do both Dirty Dancing and Dirty Dancing Havana Nights. I looooooooove those two!! I think you'll enjoy them
To this day, whenever I hear anyone over the age of 18 say "i've never seen Ferris Bueller's Day Off"....
I STILL Gasp.
Classic film, it's such a unique comedy.. John Hughes has a bunch of great films but I consider The Breakfast Club to be his true masterpiece..
Watch this space for breakfast club reaction 😊
My top 2 are Ferris B and The Breakfast Club. I watched Breakfast Club before almost any of his other teen films and it messed me up because it is such a deeper film that I was surprised when most of the other ones are very silly. Lol.
The friend is so good in Succession.
I love Ferris Bueller's Day Off as I am born in Chicago and seeing my hometown back in the day and the characters are amazing. Also hope you react to Pretty in Pink Especially The Breakfast Club
There is a television show called Psych that I think you guys might enjoy, not even for the channel just in general. The main character Shawn is very much like Ferris, and his best friend Gus is like Cameron. The show has a ton of episodes that are basically love letters to the 80s and John Hughes, and all of the Breakfast Club actors and even the actor who played Cameron have had guest roles on it. Just a recommendation because the show never really took off outside of its very passionate fanbase, so I like to suggest it when I can.
Jennifer Grey was in Dirty Dancing NOT Uncle Buck ( that was a different actress)
I used to get the thermometer and hold it to a lightbulb and then would put it under my arm and then ask what a normal temperature is because mine is 100 degrees Fahrenheit (normal is 98).
I saw this in the movie theatre with my high school girlfriend at least four times when it came out…ahhhh the memories, time sure does fly.
My favorite John Hughes film! Breakfast Club is a close second. Y’all should do that one next 😊
Ferris was wrong to make Cameron to take the Farrari but I still think he truly cared about Cameron and that he was a good friend to him. However, a lot of the channels reacting to this movie don't see that.
Yeah I think his intentions were to bring him out of his shell, and take control of his life
"And they never saw him again." 😂😂😂
Also, might want to check out Don't You Forget About Me. It's a documentary where teen fans go on a road trip to meet John Hughes, getting into his filmography on the way. He has not agreed to meet them so the question is, will they succeed in meeting him. Really good and strangely came out just after he died.
I saw this film with the girl I was dating in 1986. I was laughing throughout it. One of my favorites I can watch at least once a year.
I imagine the lesson of this movie is to enjoy life cause how fast it goes