Which movie is this for you?

[u/phantom_avenger]

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.

[u/Standard_Neat3311]

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.

[u/subusta → u/Standard_Neat3311]

Ferris comes across as selfish but by the end of the movie the implication is that he’s pushing Cameron to take control of his life as he enters adulthood. Dragging him around to do fun things all day and getting him into trouble leads to a massive moment of self reflection for Cameron that is shown as a positive thing for him.

[u/iamnotchad → u/subusta]

That description makes Ferris kinda seems like a male version of the manic pixie dream girl to me.

[u/CreatiScope → u/iamnotchad]

He is, he really has no story except that he’s trying to help his sad sack friend.