Movie Description Joel Goodson (Tom Cruise, in one of his earliest roles) is an average high school senior, apprehensive about starting college, especially with his average test scores. He decides to spice up his last high school summer by taking advantage of his parents being away and throwing a non-stop party. The next thing he knows his house becomes the local brothel thanks to the kind hooker played by Rebecca DeMornay and everything turns out differently from what he planned.
| Credits | | Cast: | Bronson Pinchot, Joe Pantoliano, Nicholas Pryor, Raphael Sbarge, Rebecca De Mornay, Richard Masur |
Notes DVD Features:
Region 1 Snap Case Widescreen 1.85 Anamorphic Audio: Dolby Digital Surround - English Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish Dolby Digital Surround - French Additional Release Material: Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Filmographies Scene access Text/Photo Galleries: Production Notes, Screenwriter Paul Brickman made his directing debut with "Risky Business."
Editorial Reviews "...Appealingly personal and humorously observant....[The] premise is provocative, and [the] storytelling is approached in a manner that often proves fresh and unpredictable..." Variety - Cart. (07/27/1983)
"...Morally dubious, effortlessly charming..." Total Film - Daniel Webb (08/01/2003)
"It's the film that first put Cruise in sunglasses and lit up his 500-watt grin." -- Grade: B+ Entertainment Weekly - Benjamin Svetkey (10/03/2008)
"Mr. Brickman's film was and remains a strikingly original combination of biting satire and moody, romantic reverie." New York Times - Dave Kehr (10/06/2008)
4 stars out of 5 -- "RISKY BUSINESS stands out from the pack of '80s sex-coms....A wish-fulfilment yarn with a sense of irony." Total Film - Rob James (11/01/2008)
4 stars out of 5 -- "RISKY BUSINESS might well be the smartest teen satire ever made....The capitalism is tempered by great performances, real raunch and a terrific Tangerine Dream score." Empire - William Thomas (12/01/2008)
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