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Risky Business (1983)

R 08/05/1983 (US) Romance, Comedy, Drama, Crime 1h 38m

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There's a time for playing it safe and a time for Risky Business.

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Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has been good for too long and it is time to enjoy himself. After an unfortunate incident with the Porsche Joel must raise some cash, in a risky way.

Paul Brickman

Director, Screenplay

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Tom Cruise

Joel Goodson
Rebecca De Mornay

Lana
Curtis Armstrong

Miles
Bronson Pinchot

Barry
Joe Pantoliano

Guido
Richard Masur

Rutherford
Shera Danese

Vicki
Raphael Sbarge

Glenn
Janet Carroll

Joel's Mother
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A review by Wuchak

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Written by Wuchak on December 11, 2018

Entertaining teen comedy with Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay, but disturbingly dishonest

“Risky Business” (1983) stars Tom Cruise as a preppy teen from the Chicago suburbs. When his parents leave for a trip, he has the house to himself and enlists the services of a call girl (Rebecca De Mornay), which leads to serious and amusing problems.

This is the film with the iconic sequence of Cruise lip-syncing in private to Bob Seger’s "Old Time Rock and Roll." We’ve all done it. In any case, “Risky Business” is similar to “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (1986), but with the artiness of “Less... read the rest.

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