This film is, pretty much, as old as I am. Yet, even 20-odd years on it is truly hilarious, poignant (when it needs to be), and wholly, an all-round, eccentric, feel-good movie. Ferris, played by Matthew Broderick, from the very start, is over the top, cheeky, and utterly flamboyant. Basically, he plays a chief prankster who has the sharpness of mind to faultlessly (with some fortune) master his 'Day Off'. Pretending he is death's door sick (evidently a regular trick) Ferris, in his final year of High School, has his peers and faculty wrapped around his finger. A true cult classic!!Enrolling the help of his (introverted, pessimistic and slightly weird) chum Cameron, whom initially you discover is actually off sick, between them, they manage to sneak Ferris' girlfriend, Sloane, out of School to join! The group spend the day in Chicago, at leisure, as one of their last flings before they head off to different colleges. Meanwhile, the rest of the school and many residents learn of Ferris' exaggerated illness and offer donations to help "Save Ferris". But, the school's Dean of Students, Ed Rooney, is having none of it, and heads in pursuit of the carefree Bueller...
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