Meanwhile, Ferris starts spreading the word about his nonexistent illness by pretending to puke his guts out while talking to a couple of gullible freshmen and a girl who shares a striking resemblance to a young Lindsay Lohan.ĩ a.m. to 9 a.m.: After first period ends, Jeanie is in the hall where a concerned classmate asks her about her brother. He spends the rest of the class period badly playing clarinet and doing some charmingly awful dancing in his room.Ĩ:55 a.m. He then calls Cameron to convince him to come pick him up (since Ferris famously doesn’t have a car). As his classmates are all starting their days of boredom, Ferris is drinking some sort of tropical concoction by the pool. In terms of that first hour, with everyone else gone, Ferris uses it to hop into the shower and set up his sick-day contraptions, including the sleeping dummy and doorbell recording.Ĩ a.m. Moreover, just before he heads to work, Ferris’ dad says that he will be home at “6 sharp.” This means that Ferris’ entire day needs to fit into approximately 11 hours. So this scene probably takes place at around 7 a.m. Now, we aren’t told what time this is, but let’s say school starts at 8 a.m., which is around the average time high schools begin in Chicago. And so, I did the only reasonable thing I could think of: I scheduled out Ferris’ day as carefully as possible in order to determine whether or not his day off was, in fact, achievable.ħ to 8 a.m.: The movie starts with Ferris’ parents letting him stay home, much to the chagrin of his twin(?) sister Jeanie. But my inner Cameron couldn’t shake the feeling that Ferris may have overextended himself in an attempt to make sure his day off was perfect. My inner Ferris told me to sit back, relax and enjoy the ride. ![]() Maybe a little too packed? I mean, is it even possible to fit all of those activities in a single day? It’s a packed schedule, to say the least. Ferris pulls off going to a fancy lunch, catching a foul ball at a Cubs game, and taking over a German pride parade - all in time to make it back home before his parents get home from work. There are a million different reasons to love this movie, but one thing I’ve always appreciated is how straightforward the plot is: Ferris fakes sick to skip school and then heads to Chicago with his best friend, Cameron, and girlfriend, Sloane, to have a fun day in the city.Īnd hoo boy, does everyone’s favorite freewheeling high schooler make the most of his titular day off. Of all of John Hughes’ beloved 1980s movies, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off has always been my favorite.
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