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if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it" says Ferris (Matthew Broderick). Twice. A wise statement. In the pop 80's, »the decade that made as« (as advertised in National Geographic). An era, where USA was in it's heights (pop culture were exported oversees), materialism was the name of the game (Ferrari GTO, stock market, slow food restaurants), the music was dance/pop/new wave (Ziggy Ziggy Sputnik, Yello,…MTV was the channel, which actually aired music videos), John Hughes made the movie in which everyone around the world could adopt. I remember, that I was in elementary school, when it was in '86 played in our cinemas and it was a huge hit back than. Everybody wanted to be Ferris, skipping school and enjoying freedom in sunny day. Seeing this movie some 25 years later…it brought a lot of memories. At first, i was a little bit skeptic, if I would be still fond of it, but after seeing it, i can only say:« Kudos to John and the cast for making this masterpiece, still watchable and enjoyable some 30 years after«. It's one of that movies, which simply makes you feel good. It hasn't got any weak parts and after watching it, you are sad that is over. As for me, a critical viewer, i rate it 9/10. (It would be 10/10, if they put Micheal J. Fox in it, instead Matthew, but i guess he was too busy with Back to the Future trilogy). Sure, one could argue, that some scenes are highly unlikely and that it hasn't got a depth in the characters (like in »Breakfast club«), but all this is forgotten, when you dive in Ferris world of a free man and watch unforgettable "Twist & Shout" scene.

...was all I can say, after leaving the theater. Why may you ask, since the first two parts were simply shocking and raise the gore standards...

Well, all i can say is "deja-vu" or "all-redy-seen" feeling. To be honest, it was pretty hard to top the "jigsaw" methods from the first two parts, but at least you could feel the sympathy for the torturing ones, while in this parts the characters are too week to feeling sorry for them. Except Jeff (Angus Macfayden), who's role is well performed.

Still, if you are "jigsaw fan" or just dig the first two parts, you'll find some interesting moments, but you won't talk a day after about them, as you did in the previous parts. And that's why a little lower rate...

After making unforgettable Beverly Hills cop, Martin Brest hit the jackpot again.

This time with De Niro and Grodin. Since it's hard to write a script, fully packed with laughs, just right amount of action sequences, good chemistry between main figures and some touchy moments (here i'm thinking the scenes, where De Niro's daughter wanted to give him his money and the very end of the movie) much of the credit goes to George Gallo.

I won't mention the plot, since many critics before me have already done that. Just picture the 80's, "budy-action" story and De Niro at his best. Oh yeah, and a lot of "F" words.

Someone may ask, why did I rate this movie so high. Well, it's no "Oscar material", but every time I watched it, it made me feel good. And there are few movies on the market, that you can watch more than once, without feeling sleepy. Thanks to the pace, packed with all above mentioned stuff (comedy, action, twists).

Too bad, they don't made today movies like that.