- Release Date: 1983
- Runtime: N/A
- Genre: Comedy
- Starring: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Masur ... see all
- Director: Paul Brickman
- Plot: A Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.
User Reviews
She's In Product, He's In Sales
Nov 11, 2008
bkoganbing - imdb.com
Nov 11, 2008bkoganbing - imdb.com
Risky Business and All The Right Moves are the two films that launched Tom Cruise's career as brat pack film star. Unlike so many of his contemporaries from the Eighties, he's proved to have staying power and will no doubt continue... Full review
Takes the risk
Aug 17, 2008
dogorangetexas - yahoo.com
Aug 17, 2008dogorangetexas - yahoo.com
Risky Business is a sure guilty pleasue, that greatly brings out Tom Crusie's great talent and brilliance as an actor.... Full review
Risky, ohh yeh, thats the idea
Jul 11, 2008
maddog19741976 - yahoo.com
Jul 11, 2008maddog19741976 - yahoo.com
What a fabulous movie. I'm 29 years old now and watching it still makes me feel like I'm 16. Everyone should spend a week as Joel. Way to go kid.... Full review
"Princeton could use a man like Joel"
Dec 29, 2007
R_Todd_A - yahoo.com
Dec 29, 2007R_Todd_A - yahoo.com
I saw this movie on the big screen and witnessed a young Tom Cruise deliver a first rate performance. Expressions, delivery and varying moods, Cruise was acting far ahead of his years. Joel, at home with arms crossed, lets Guido the... Full review
porsche 928
Nov 24, 2007
picpraiser - yahoo.com
Nov 24, 2007picpraiser - yahoo.com
saw the movie when it first came out but enjoyed it now even more since I own a 1985 928S...love the car scenes and the booze scenes. I rate this 3 shots of chivas regal... Full review
Risky Business rocks the house.
Sep 23, 2007
muss_muffet101 - yahoo.com
Sep 23, 2007muss_muffet101 - yahoo.com
I thought Risky Business was an excellent movie. I thought the acting was very well done, I found the characters appealing. I also thought that the directing was right on top. The story kept me interested the whole way through till... Full review
Think of it as American Pie.............. but in the 80's
Aug 23, 2007
Alex da Silva - imdb.com
Aug 23, 2007Alex da Silva - imdb.com
For Tom Cruises debut, this really rocks. In todays world, Tom Cruise has become an envy and supper star around the world, but he began his stardom career in a low budget, half descent teen drama/comedy.The film revolves around a... Full review
A Stylish and Intelligent Comedy that redefined the teen angst comedy and created a new movie star
May 04, 2007
Isaac5855 - imdb.com
May 04, 2007Isaac5855 - imdb.com
RISKY BUSINESS is the smart and sexy 1983 teen comedy that brought intelligence to the genre and made a bonafide movie star out of Tom Cruise. Cruise is utterly winning as Joel Goodson, a high school senior excited about the... Full review
not the gratest
Feb 04, 2007
mosscamo - yahoo.com
Feb 04, 2007mosscamo - yahoo.com
it wasn't the best movie. Tom cruise has stared in a lot better movies than this. I wouldn't reccomend this movie for someone who doesn't like sexual orientation in movies.... Full review
Good visuals, Fun movie
Feb 04, 2007
roy_al_17 - yahoo.com
Feb 04, 2007roy_al_17 - yahoo.com
Tom Cruise before his heyday; as the teenager you'd like to be. Rebecca Demornay is perfect for this role. Movie is kinda risky (about prostitution), so not for everyone. Music and visuals are done well.... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Apr 13, 2009James Berardinelli's Reviews
I remember how fresh and unique this movie was back in 1983.....I would also claim he's more of a lazy actor than a bad one.....That being said, it's nice to see James not give the movie a ridiculously positive review.....He seems perfectly capable of turning in suprisingly layered performances....This movie is a great example.... ... Full Review
| Apr 13, 2009James Berardinelli's Reviews
nothing is so overt that the picture becomes cheesy or unwatchable.....Joe Pantoliano, who plays sleazy bad guys as well as anyone else, is perfect as Guido.....Risky Business does not pretend, nor does it ask us to believe.... ... Full Review
| Mar 03, 2009associatedcontent.com
Among his gained fame in this creative teenage fantasy movie, Rebecca De Mornay, another aspiring actress had begun to make a name for her self as well.....It does contain some nudity, profanity, teenage drinking, and mild violence.....Risky Business" is the perfect name for the adventure Joel is about to embark on.....Other than that I highly recommend this movie be added to your collections especially.... ... Full Review
| Dec 22, 2008Slate
This is a word the script of Risky Business never loses a chance to deploy.
When Joel's parents go on vacation, he teams up with Lana to bring his horny friends together with her scheming colleagues, and in Joel's transformation (into a pimp, but also into Tom Cruise), we see the emergence of the '80s as the '80s.
... Full Review
| Dec 22, 2008Slate
This is a word the script of Risky Business never loses a chance to deploy.
When Joel's parents go on vacation, he teams up with Lana to bring his horny friends together with her scheming colleagues, and in Joel's transformation (into a pimp, but also into Tom Cruise), we see the emergence of the '80s as the '80s.
... Full Review
News
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2010-07-02
June 17th, 2010 London, June 17 - Model Marisa Miller's Guitar Hero advertisement, which was banned for being too sexy, has surfaced online. The commercial was based on a scene from Tom Cruise film Risky Business, but it never went... ... Full Article
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2010-06-04
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2010-04-27
April 27, 2010, by Rodney Ho "Bachelor" fans could only keep Jake Pavelka on so long. He is the fifth person out on "Dancing With the Stars." ... Full Article

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