Does anyone besides me hate Ferris Bueller?

[Rev. Rye]

I can't honestly blame the sort of people who hate it, but given that:

• It does a damn fine depiction (both in likability and accuracy) of life in Chicago, something that's remarkably rare indeed in media.
  
• It has an excellent soundtrack, including ACTUALLY GETTING THE BEATLES TO LICENSE ONE OF THEIR RECORDINGS, which, as it turns out, is exceptionally difficult and expensive.
  
• The exceptionally fascinating performances (even making Ben Stein interesting in one scene)
  
• There is actually a compelling reading of the film that Ferris is actually a Tyler Durdenesque figment of Cameron's imagination, that may help with reading.
  
• The balls on goddam EVERYONE.
  
• I've always had a soft spot for John Hughes movies (at least until he decided to stop giving a shit, maybe starting with She's Having a Baby, maybe with Home Alone)
  
• The painfully true fact that the contrast between the reactions to Jeannie's and Ferris' antics are a reflection to how phony human relationships can really be (it's not about how right you are; it's about how you can charm the pants off people who may have power over you)
  
• It was actually Richard Roeper's favourite film.
  

I can't hate it. Maybe the fact that I spent every school morning of high school watching Saved By The Bell inured  me to the charms of the borderline-sociopathic high school kid archetype.