<P> Essayist Steve Almond called Ferris "the most sophisticated teen movie (he) had ever seen," adding that while Hughes had made a lot of good movies, Ferris was the "one film (he) would consider true art, (the) only one that reaches toward the ecstatic power of teendom (sic) and, at the same time, exposes the true, piercing woe of that age ." Almond also applauded Ruck's performance, going so far as saying he deserved the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor of 1986: "His performance is what elevates the film, allows it to assume the power of a modern parable ." The New York Times reviewer Nina Darnton criticized Mia Sara's portrayal of Sloane for lacking "the specific detail that characterized the adolescent characters in Hughes's other films", asserting she "created a basically stable but forgettable character ." Conversely, Darnton praised Ruck and Grey's performances: "The two people who grow in the movie--Cameron, played with humor and sensitivity by Alan Ruck, and Ferris's sister Jeanie, played with appropriate self - pity by Jennifer Grey--are the most authentic . Grey manages to play an insufferably sulky teen - ager who is still attractive and likable ." </P> <P> National Review writer Mark Hemingway lauded the film's celebration of liberty . "If there's a better celluloid expression of ordinary American freedom than Ferris Bueller's Day Off, I have yet to see it . If you could take one day and do absolutely anything, piling into a convertible with your best girl and your best friend and taking in a baseball game, an art museum, and a fine meal seems about as good as it gets," wrote Hemingway . </P> <P> Others were less enamored with Ferris, many taking issue with the film's "rebel without a cause" hedonism . David Denby of New York Magazine, called the film "a nauseating distillation of the slack, greedy side of Reaganism ." Author Christina Lee agreed, adding it was a "splendidly ridiculous exercise in unadulterated indulgence," and the film "encapsulated the Reagan era's near solipsist worldview and insatiable appetite for immediate gratification--of living in and for the moment ..." Gene Siskel panned the film from a Chicago - centric perspective saying "Ferris Bueller doesn't do anything much fun...(t) hey don't even sit in the bleachers where all the kids like to sit when they go to Cubs games ." Siskel did enjoy the chemistry between Jennifer Grey and Charlie Sheen . Ebert thought Siskel was too eager to find flaws in the film's view of Chicago . </P> <P> It has an aggregate score of 79% (based on 63 critics' reviews) on Rotten Tomatoes, and an average rating of 7.7 / 10 . </P>

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