Page 10- The Michigan Daily - Friday, June 20, 1986 Film's antics are not enough i r i e i i i and get away with it. By LOUIS Goldberg Ferris does have one problem, however, a problem that not even he T'S IMPOSSIBLE to argue against seems able to get around, the problem any film that involves youth out- of being a great character stuck in a - witting authority. Pulling scams is a not-always-great movie. too important and too often neglected Matthew Broderick's personalitya' aspect of education for us to ignore carries the entire production on his any source for pointers. In addition, shoulders. His smug smile, his dry any film that helps expose the routine verbal wit, and the different ex- and repression of high school deser- pressions he uses to convince his ves high praise. The problem with parents that he is their "ideal son" Ferris Bueller's Day Off, however, are enough to produce much laughter 4 isn't that it's subversive, it's that it and applause. In addition, as Ferris's isn't subversive enough. companions, the serene Mia Sara and - As heroes go, Ferris Bueller isn't gawky Alan Ruck add much with << Rambo or Indiana Jones. He's more their charm and spontaneous looks of the modern descendent of astonishment. Boudu, Groucho, and Eddie Haskell, But any moment that Broderick is a deviant anarchist who breaks the not on screen slows the film and stops rules, assaults the institutions, and the laughs. The entire middle section tests all tolerance. is not only episodic, but it sub- Matthew Broderick and Co. enjoy a day of fun and foolery n John Hughes' latest teen-flic, Be it faking illness to his parents, stitutes the hero's verbal banter with Ferris Bueller's Day Off. intimidating maitre'ds, or convin- a poor attempt at physical slapstick. cing his entire school that he is on the The school principal's mishaps in Ferris's friend Cameron. In a film Still, while this film isn't an advan- the entire city of Chicag aS i it wee verge of death, Ferris's schemes and trying to expose Ferris, the slow burn whose tone is light and whose ap- ce over its director's previous Sixteen cutting the compositions, the caera his ability to pull them off make him that Ferris' sister does, the suspen- proach is fantasy, it is simply out-of- Candles or The Breakfast Club, it move ment i and color one of the most dynamic characters se" of Ferris's mother checking up on place to give a character a serious demonstrates his growing ability with cinematography are smooth. The the screen has offered us in a while. him or that of his father nearly problem and soul-searching dialogue. filmmaking. Where The Breakfast evidence argues that something very His character is so dynamic that the sighting him, produce little en- Had all these sub-plots been scrapped Club was almost confined to one impressive could come from all this screen cannot contain it. Ferris's joyment for all the screen time they and replaced with more of Ferris's room, Ferris Bueller's Day Off uses talent. Maybe next time we'll see. command over events is so strong are devoted. A more important botch, antics, the result may have been that he can actually insult us directly however, is the conflict given to classic. FRIDAYParadise. Snakeout,-The Blind Pig. Buckwheat Zydeco - Rick's Campus Cinema American Cafe. i The Killing (Stanley Kubrick, 1956) CG, 7:00 p.m., MLB 4. The Naked City (Jules Dassin,1948) CG,8:45 p.m., MLB 4. Manhattan Melodrama (W.S. Van Dyke, 1934) C2, Aud. A. 7:30 p.m. The This Man (W.S. Van Dyke,. 1934) C2,9:15 p.m., Aud A. Performances . 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