A capitalist wet dream; one that we have long since woken up from screaming.
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07/16/09
Risky Business (1983)
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Reviews Counted:42
Fresh:41
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: Featuring one of Tom Cruise's best early performances, Risky Business is a sharp, funny examination of teen angst that doesn't stop short of exploring dark themes.
Synopsis: Joel Goodson is the type of teenager who makes his parents proud: he's nice, handsome, intelligent, and even principled. But when Joel's parents leave town for a few days, a series of events occur... [More]
Starring: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Curtis Armstrong, Bronson Pinchot
Director: Paul Brickman
Reviews for Risky Business
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04/30/09
It's easy to forget the idiosyncracies of a film that so successfully trades on adolescent male fantasies and nightmares. [Blu-ray]
09/28/08
It works well as a comedy but one cringes at the thought that it defined, for a while, the social expectations of a generation.
06/25/08
This film is deftly made, the humor nicely understated, the leading actors (Tom Cruise and Rebecca de Mornay) smart and appealing.
06/24/08
De Mornay does sterling work as the helpful hooker, but this is Cruise's big chance, and he relishes it, putting in a believable and likeable performance.
04/01/08
No review available.
03/01/08
One of the finest film explorations of the end of innocence.
08/06/07
One of the key films of the 1980s, and proof that a teen sex comedy could merit serious consideration.
08/06/07
Writer-director Paul Brickman can therefore be accused of trying to have it both ways, but there's no denying the stylishness and talent of his direction.
08/06/07
Top CriticGood '80's teen movie with a suitable soundtrack and the loveable Cruise displaying his new found starry confidence.
08/06/07
Top CriticPaul Brickman makes a splashy debut with a stylish youth satire that conveys more vividly Reagonomics and the corrupt and decadent decade of 1980s than serious dramas like Wall Street; it's also a wonderful showcase for Tom Cruise, who became a star.
04/25/07
Mildly diverting, wildly overrrated.
08/29/06
What distinguishes it, however, is that it's hovering permanently on the brink of stark, staring disaster in a way that strangely recalls The Graduate.
02/09/06
No review available.
11/14/05
Now classic Cruise-in-briefs highlights the goings on.
10/14/05
A classic! Welcome to stardom Mr. Cruise.
01/08/05
It's funny because it deals with subjects that are so touchy, so fraught with emotional pain, that unless we laugh there's hardly any way we can deal with them -- especially if we are now, or ever were, a teenage boy.
10/23/04
Top CriticNo review available.
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