• Director(s)

    John Hughes

  • Production Year

    1986

  • Release date

    08/02/2013

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    103m

  • Cast

    Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey, Cindy Pickett, Lyman Ward, Edie McClurg, Charlie Sheen, Ben Stein, Del Close, Virginia Capers, Richard Edson, Larry Flash Jenkins, Kristy Swanson, John Hughes

Film

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Contains one use of strong language and infrequent moderate sex references

A high school student tries to evade the school principal when he takes a day off to visit Chicago. Moderate sex references and infrequent strong language make this more suitable for younger teens.…

A high school student tries to evade the school principal when he takes a day off to visit Chicago. Moderate sex references and infrequent strong language make this more suitable for younger teens.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

language

sex

drugs

injury detail

alcohol and smoking

threat and horror

discrimination

  • Director(s)

    John Hughes

  • Production Year

    1986

  • Release date

    08/02/2013

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    103m

  • Cast

    Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey, Cindy Pickett, Lyman Ward, Edie McClurg, Charlie Sheen, Ben Stein, Del Close, Virginia Capers, Richard Edson, Larry Flash Jenkins, Kristy Swanson, John Hughes

Contains one use of strong language and infrequent moderate sex references
Classified Date:
18/01/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures UK
violence
There is some mild and comic slapstick violence, including a slap to the face and a kick to a person's bottom.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as use of milder terms, including 'whore', 'asshole', 'bastard', 'bullshit', 'crap', 'dickhead', 'screw', 'shit' and 'son of a bitch'. There are also rude hand gestures.
sex
Occasional moderate sex references include a character being told to 'blow yourself' and a Nurse-O-Gram calling at a house and, when the door is answered, singing, "I've come to restore your pluck because I'm the nurse who likes to - ", but the rhyme is not completed.
drugs
There is a brief verbal reference to drugs when a character is in a police station.
injury detail
There is brief sight of blood after people are hit.
alcohol and smoking
Adult characters are seen drinking and smoking.
Classified Date:
10/06/1986
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
U.I.P. (UK)
Classified Date:
14/07/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'). Moderate and mild language includes the terms 'whore', 'asshole', 'bastard', 'bullshit', 'crap', 'dickhead', 'screw', 'shit' and 'son of a bitch'.
sex
Occasional moderate sex references include a character being told to "blow yourself" and a Nurse-O-Gram calling at a house and, when the door is answered, singing, "I've come to restore your pluck because I'm the nurse who likes to - ", but the rhyme is not completed.
Classified Date:
14/07/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
infrequent strong language, moderate sex references
Classified Date:
11/07/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'). Moderate and mild language includes the terms 'whore', 'asshole', 'bastard', 'bullshit', 'crap', 'dickhead', 'screw', 'shit' and 'son of a bitch'.
sex
Occasional moderate sex references include a character being told to "blow yourself" and a Nurse-O-Gram calling at a house and, when the door is answered, singing, "I've come to restore your pluck because I'm the nurse who likes to - ", but the rhyme is not completed.
Classified Date:
19/05/1987
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
CIC Video
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'). Moderate and mild language includes the terms 'whore', 'asshole', 'bastard', 'bullshit', 'crap', 'dickhead', 'screw', 'shit' and 'son of a bitch'.
sex
Occasional moderate sex references include a character being told to "blow yourself" and a Nurse-O-Gram calling at a house and, when the door is answered, singing, "I've come to restore your pluck because I'm the nurse who likes to - ", but the rhyme is not completed.

  • Classified date

    18/01/2013

  • BBFC reference

    BFF059147

  • Language

    English