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Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) a score of 2.9284 out of 4

based on (64) reviews

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Excellent

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Very Good

(47)

Good

(7)

Fair

(0)

Poor

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filmcritic.com (Pete Croatto)

Everyone has that feeling. The day, complete with sunshine and blue skies, urges us to take the day off from work, from school, from whatever our obligations might be. Usually, we stuff that urge in our briefcase with our sack lunch and papers, and we...read the complete Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) review at filmcritic.com (Pete Croatto)

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That Cow (Andrew Bradford)

Finally I can knock off one my long-standing must-see films off my list - or at least I've kept hearing it's a must see. The premise - on the off-chance you don't know - is that high school senior Ferris Bueller pretends to be sick to get off school,...read the complete Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) review at That Cow (Andrew Bradford)

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The New York Times (Nina Darnton)

In this film [Hughes] has created a character who is every teen-ager's fantasy, but in the process he has lost some of the authenticity of his other films - leaving several slow transitions or awkward moments....read the complete Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) review at The New York Times (Nina Darnton)