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Metascore
13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100TimeRichard SchickelTimeRichard SchickelFerris 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]
- 89Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenWhen people think fondly of John Hughes, it's movies like Ferris Bueller that they're thinking of.
- 88The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The Globe and Mail (Toronto)This is the funniest teen movie I've seen in eons.
- 80Film ThreatBrad LaidmanFilm ThreatBrad LaidmanThis 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.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe film's heart is in the right place, and Ferris Bueller is slight, whimsical and sweet.
- 70NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenIt's basically a mindless paean to goofing off, with interludes of dubious seriousness. [16 June 1986]
- 50Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneThat the film doesn't live up to our anticipation of a rolicking good time is only part of its disappointment. [11 June 1986]
- 40TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThe story and pacing of this offbeat comedy wear thin after the first 20 minutes.
- 40Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderThe overriding impression is one of utter nihilism, as reflected in a world divided into bored, crassly materialistic teenagers on one side and doltish, unfeeling adults on the other.
- 0Wall Street JournalJulie SalamonWall Street JournalJulie SalamonOne of the least appealing movies I've seen in a while.... When a member of the audience belched loudly, that got the biggest laugh of the day. [17 June 1986, p.E26]