Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

103 min · Comedy

USPG-13UK15AUPGCAA

41 MILD

ScoutScore

Worth a quick check before you press play.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off scores 41 on the ScoutScore, which is Mild. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout maps 26 flagged scenes.

A ScoutScore is a living number. We re-check movies against the source and raise or lower it when we find something the first pass missed, so a score you see today can differ from one you saw last month.

What FilmScout flagged

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How the scenes we flagged in this movie divide up by kind. These are shares of what was flagged, not a level, and not a promise about anything we did not flag: a movie with very little flagged content can still be 80% one kind.

Flagged mostly for language.

Scary and dark	5%
Violence and action	12%
Themes	11%
Sexual content	5%
Substances	3%
Language	64%
All flagged content	100%

Direction is the kind of content flagged. Reach is the ScoutScore, which is how much there is: green at the centre, yellow, orange, then red at the dotted line, which is 100. The scale has no ceiling, so a shape can cross it.

Scenes FilmScout flagged

Heads up Casual deity exclamations
Heads up Ferris's camera monologue - mild language
Heads up Sister's crude language about Ferris
Heads up School hallway phone calls - scattered mild language
Heads up Rooney rants about catching Ferris, crude language
Heads up Dean Rooney's phone confrontation
Heads up Cameron's resistance and profanity
Heads up Cameron's illness descriptions
Heads up Ferris's crude coal-diamond analogy
Heads up Rooney vows to catch Ferris - strong language

Where each one lands in the runtime, and alerts that arrive before it does, are in the app.

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Age ratings by country

AU	PG
CA	A
GB	15
US	PG-13

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Common questions

Is Ferris Bueller's Day Off okay for kids?

Ferris Bueller's Day Off scores 41 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Mild tier. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout has mapped 26 flagged scenes in it, covering profanity (mild), profanity, comedy (gross). The right answer depends on your child, which is why FilmScout shows you the scenes instead of giving a verdict.

What is the ScoutScore for Ferris Bueller's Day Off?

41, which is the Mild tier. The ScoutScore is driven by the intensity of a movie's heaviest moments rather than how many it has.

What is Ferris Bueller's Day Off rated?

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is rated PG-13 in the United States. Ratings differ by country: AU PG, CA A, GB 15, US PG-13. A letter rating stamps a whole movie at once, so FilmScout scores it scene by scene instead.

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