Ferris Bueller desires to skip school one day and he's formulated an unbelievably wise plan to make it a success. He ingeniously escapes his school's dean, his parents and his sister.
What should've been a joyful romp turns into a stale, sour-edged celebration of the New Conformist, an affluent, technology-addled cherub without a rebellious whim in his brain.
This is a lark that I think you'll respond to and cheer on, a lark about one young man who goes to exaggerated lengths, fighting massive odds and disapproving, fearful people, to take a day off.