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"The quality of film in the 1980s suffered greatly. While significant advances were made by some of the leading directors of the era (Spielberg, for example), the track record that was the 1970s was broken entirely by a period of shabby, poorly made teen comedies. Yet Ferris Bueller's Day Off stands the test of time more than any of these others, and in the end is an excellent movie. The film centers around the title character, played by Matthew Broderick, his friend Cameron (Alan Ruck), and his girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara), as they attempt to play hooky from school, all the while trying to avoid their sadistic principal, played to devilish perfection by Jeffrey Jones. Broderick portrays Ferris as a likeable, smart, and witty teenager; look no further than the whole sequence in the restaurant, with Ferris convincing the maitre'd that he's "Abe Froman, sausage king of Chicago." The relative obscurity of the rest of the cast also helps the quality of the movie as ... " [More]
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"The Departed. It's taken forever, but since I'm not so busy in the evenings, I may finally get to see it. I've got my fingers crossed for this one, since I'm a big Scorsese fan and I've heard lots of good things about it. " [More]