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I guess
everyone who was or is a student has thought of skipping school and might had a
detailed plan in the mind. However, most of the students flinch because of the
school rules and their parents’ chatter. No matter how friendly you are; how
good your grades are, once you skip the school on purpose and is caught by the
dean of the student, you are labeled to bad student. This blockbuster film ‘Ferris
Beuller’s Day Off’, which was released in 1986, talks about this common, but
serious problem, using a black-humor way.
The film
follows the high school student Ferris Beuller, who wants to skip school by
pretending ill and go for a day trip to the downtown area of Chicago. He and
his best friend Cameron Frye make a phoney phone call to their dean of the
student Edward Rooney to pick Ferris’ girlfriend up at school. They
successfully avoid the chasing of Mr. Rooney, the doubt of Ferris ‘parents, and
even Ferris’ sister Jeanie, who knows everything from the beginning. They drive
Cameron’s father’s prized 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California and travel around
Chicago. They visit the Sears Tower, the Art Institution of Chicago. They even
join in the Von Steuben Day Parade. They all have joyful and meaningful day.
Personally,
I think Alan Ruck, the actor who cast Cameron Frye did a really good job.
According to the information online, he was 29 years old when he was playing
the role of the 17-year old high school student Cameron Frye. However, his good
acting skill filled in the gap of 12 years and made the character Cameron as
natural, and funny as possible. His humorous imitation of Mr. Peterson and his
long face make him the best actor for the role Cameron, which brought him big
success. On the other hand, the actress, Mia Sara seemed to be relatively
ordinary compared with other actors and actress in this film. I can remember
her good looking but not her performance after watching this movie.
This is a
fantastic film with many highlights and good scenes. Above all, one of the
scenes in this movie that makes me very impressive is that when Cameron finally
decides to stand up and face his father and the fear inside his heart. He
starts kicking his father’s loved car as if is he is releasing his anger and pressure.
Finally, when he kills his dad’s car by pushing it down from the second floor,
nobody feels sad or unlucky for Cameron because his father might get blow up. On
the contrary, everyone feels happy and excited for his courage. Besides, the
director of the film John Hughes broke the fourth wall by letting Ferris speak
to the audience directly to explain his thoughts, ideas and communicate with
the audience. Even at the end of the film, Ferris comes out from the bathroom,
and says this is the end of the movie, which makes this movie even funnier. In
addition to the those humorous characters such as Ferris Beuller and Cameron
Frye, there are also some small parts in this movie such as the history teacher
and Mr. Rooney’s assistant , which are not that important as the leading roles,
but still make me laugh.
Apparently,
the contrast between Ferris and Cameron is the main clue of the film. At the
beginning of the film, Cameron lies on the bed straightly with blanket wrapped
up tightly, saying ‘I’m dying…’ It seems like if Ferris doesn’t force him to
get up he will do nothing but just stare at the ceiling. Before he leaves home,
he is worried and hesitated. However, when he goes to downtown with Ferris, he
is still nervous. Even during the Von Steuben parade, when Ferris is singing
and dancing happily with the crowd on the stage, Cameron is still worrying about
his father’s car. Cameron is always worrying about something and afraid of
something. He cannot be as released and free as Ferris when it’s the time for
him to enjoy his life. Actually, in real life, most of the people cannot enjoy
their life, because we are always distracted by different problems in our life,
which makes us a little bit Cameron.
All in
all, this is a good film for nearly all groups of people, and I strongly
recommend this film to teenagers and
young adults for its theme: Life moves fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a
while, you are gonna miss it. For many times, I was surprised by this movie,
for example, when Ferris gives Cameron’s father’s prized car to the car park
attendant, who drives this car directly out of the parking lot, I thought it’s
going to be a film that talks about how they find the car back. It’s a good
movie in all aspects, and you will never regret watching it.
Scale of 1-5:
5
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