Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.
- chicago
- illinois
- high school
- independence
- coming of age
- caper
- breaking the fourth wall
- teen movie
- fantasy sequence
- car theft
- skipping school
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Jennifer Grey — Jeanie Bueller
- Cindy Pickett — Katie Bueller
- Lyman Ward — Tom Bueller
- Edie McClurg — Grace, School Secretary
- Charlie Sheen — Boy in Police Station
- Ben Stein — Economics Teacher
- Del Close — English Teacher
- Virginia Capers — Florence Sparrow
- Richard Edson — Garage Attendant
- Larry Jenkins — Attendant's Co-Pilot
- Kristy Swanson — Economics Student - Simone Adamley
- Directed
- John Hughes
- Written
- John Hughes
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 5,543 ratings
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Hughes Entertainment
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
