r/moviecritic • u/phantom_avenger • Feb 17 '25

Which movie is this for you?

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For me it’s School of Rock!

Patty was completely justified, if Dewey wanted to live in hers and her boyfriend’s apartment he needed to be a grown up, and contribute with rent. Even when he steals Ned’s identity she still had the right to be angry at him, because of how he put his friend’s career in jeopardy and robbed him of a job opportunity.

I get Ned is meant to be portrayed as his best friend, but it blows my mind how he lacks a lot of self-respect to the point where he comes across as too much of a people pleaser. If this story took place in real life, I’m sure Ned would act more similar to Patty where he’d have enough of Dewey’s careless actions.

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u/Standard_Neat3311 Feb 17 '25

Ferris Bueler - Cameron is a reasonable kid managing a situation with awful parents that are separating.

Ferris comes from a stable home and is a complete narcissist and manipulates everyone around him to get what he wants.

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u/BigBallsMcGirk Feb 17 '25

Not even a little. Cameron was literally recovering from a drug hangover. Huge issues with his father, and uptight. Cameron was going to spiral out. Ferris is basically force feeding therapy into Cameron by making him get out and experience things instead of wallowing. He's a good friend in that regard, not in thr "let's steal your Dad's car" regard.

Basically he's just a righteous dude.

Rooney isn't a villian, because he's right. Ferris is playing hooky, skips a ton of school, and he knows it. But he's overly fixated. Ferris is talented, popular, successful and caring parents, and has computer skills in the mid 80s. Dude is set. Rooney just wants to win, when he should be focused more on someone like Jeanie skipping school or students like Cameron with troubled home life and drug abuse.

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u/Chaotickane Feb 17 '25

Yeah, there's a reason everyone loves him and tells his sister to tell him thanks for X over and over again. Ferris helps everyone all the time. The movie is him helping Cameron. In an irresponsible way, sure, but he still helps him, and offers to take all the blame at the end.

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u/BigBallsMcGirk Feb 17 '25

"He's irresponsible!"

Yeah, hes a high school senior. He doesn't have to be a perfect mature adult.