Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

bernardcohen-51522 If you were to dare to look at Tom Cruise and his body of work you will see his acting is a tired act. He plays the same role. He is an arrogant jerk who learns the errors of his ways. In this film however he becomes arrogant but he is still a jerk.This film is not as funny as people tell you. Scientology people just hit the imdb boards all the time to prop up members and the films they are in. "Magnolia" is a great example of a terrible film with a high IMDB rating that was speared headed by Tom's church of the warped mind. Now this film is all about how in a short amount of time a teenager from the suburbs turn his parents home into a brothel. He is also trying to get into a college and lears how to cuss at the same time.Has a few laughs. My guess is Tom Cruise put a sock in his underwear for his famous dance sequence.

eric262003 Tom Cruise stars as Joel Goodson, a handsome young man from Chicago who takes advantage of his parents' house while they are away with things going way beyond what he had anticipated. Sure the plot of "Risky Business" about a promiscuous teenager befriending a likable hooker named Lana (Rebecca De Mornay) who's still not adjusted to the consequences that come with the job may have qualities about it that are quite surreal. In spite of the flaws in this movie, writer/director Paul Brickman does succeed to keep his audiences on the edge of their seats for long periods of time. Still relatively unknown at the time Tom Cruise in his most youthful role to date, plays a teenager plays the only son of wealthy Mr. and Mrs. Goodson (Nicholas Pryor and Janet Carroll) as they go off on sabbatical leave and depends on young Joel to watch over the house while they're gone. I mean what could go wrong? Joel's friend Miles (Curtis Armstrong) advises Joel to take advantage of his new found freedom. Joel starts drinking the liquor from the liquor cabinet, turns the stereo volume loudly as he dances in his underwear to a Bob Seeger classic and starts bringing in prostitutes into his house for his horny pleasures. From there this movie turns its gears to the over-romanticized soft-core erotic films with its target audience being middle-aged women. The whole concept of sex for money depicted here feels absurdly casual almost like a frat party where they play spin the bottle in hopes that the bottle points in their direction while they go off and engage in intercourse without any of them caring about the dangers of drugs or disease that could raise of cause of concern. Right before the AIDS epidemic took off, "Risky Business" would have never made to the cutting room floor. Lana (De Mornay) may have set the teen up in many of the troubles he faced while his parents were gone. Joel has successfully managed to drown his father's Porsche, and get under the gun of Lana's dangerous pimp Guido (Joe Pantoliano). Both incidents are proved costly, Joel agrees for one night to partner up with Lana as he turns his house into a brothel which will help pay for the repairs while he and his friends take their horny pleasures to Lana's co-workers.It's just strangely ironic that Joel found a new lease on coolness once he starts working off his payments by working as a pimp. He shapes his outlook by sporting his hair in the middle (typical 80's right?) He starts donning on Rayban Wayfarers sunglasses (which was a trend setter in that period) and though I don't approve it, he places a cigarette to his mouth that spells out Bogart and Belmondo. There's no real moral passage to give out here, but hey, it's the 1980's back when morals were looser than today's standards. The movie is really high on style and it stands above most romantic comedies of the 1980's and beyond, but to be honest, this movie wasn't a teen comedy at all. It's for satirical purposes to exploit the 1980's materialistic integrity that was cleverly incognito as a teen comedy film. The young cast who became bigger later on excelled in the material that was given to them (even Curtis Armstrong keeps himself being too much of an annoyance). Cruise and De Mormay strive from their roles as they avoid the trap of playing stereotypical characters mainly due to the precision and timing of Brickman's direction and script.

gavin6942 A Chicago teenager (Thomas Mapother) is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.Looking back now (2015), the 1980s are seen as the decade of greed and unrestrained capitalism. This may not be accurate, but it is the caricature. How interesting that this film arrived so early in the decade, promoting "business" and capitalism through the view of prostitution and pimping. There must be a social message here, but I am not sure what.What really stands out is how "clean" it all is. The pimp is a bad guy, but never really dangerous. Prostitutes are shown as fun-loving, rather than strung out on drugs or with other issues. And even the main character sees dating a prostitute as a great thing, ignoring the reality of disease and the fact his girlfriend is sleeping with his friends for money. So strange!

jason-georgis As a 17 year old in his last year of high school, this movie really spoke to me. The main character Joel Goodson is so easy to relate to that this movie became an all-time favorite of mine. This movie really captures the essence of teen life and shows it beautifully. In a few words, most teens are happy to be independent, desperate to be flushed with cash, and always willing to blow off steam in one way or another. Everything in this movie, from the iconic dance scene to rocking house party, really nailed how teens spend their time, making it a great film to watch if you're of that age. Not only can you see yourself in the characters, but the plot is magnificent! Very few movies (Meet the Parents comes to mind) can make you sit nervously on the edge of your seat, dreading when his parents come home, to laughing so hard that your sides hurt. Another element that I appreciate is the type of humor. Instead of making blatant, please-laugh-at-me jokes it uses more subtle comedy in which you're laughing at the situations. Tom Cruise really plays the burned-out teenager wonderfully, and Rebecca De Mornay is fantastic as the sassy yet sexy call girl. If you haven't already seen this film, please do! It's truly a classic and will leave you chuckling for as long as you remember it.