Risky Business (DVD)

You might not like him now, but if you were of a certain age during the 1980's you will have loved him; Tom Cruise is an actor who has continuously delivered throughout his career, even the movies that nobody liked still took money, but back when every Cruise movie was a gem, Risky Business was the best of his early works. When you're a kid your hopes and aspirations are to be SOMEBODY, Risky Business takes this thought and flips it on an access you might not expect. Risky Business all round for this movie however, director Paul Brickman took a chance on an actor nobody knew (although The Outsiders had been made it was not released) whilst also addressing a ...  Read the complete review

In 1983 a film was released which was to turn a virtually newcomer to super stardom, name of this person Tom Cruise and the film is called Risky Business. Crafty school kid Joel (Tom Cruise) is left on his own for several days. On the first night Joel has a few drinks, plays music and guitar while only in underpants. Next night he drives his father's expensive car. On the third night a friend calls a call girl for Joel. This call girl turns out to be a transvestite, Joel tells her to leave, and before leaving she leaves Joel details of another call girl. Joel calls her; she turns up at his house. Joel finds her irresistible and thus begins a risky affair ...  Read the complete review

A film which started Tom Cruise off on his path to Hollywood stardom, Risky Business is an epic teen comedy with some dark moments and some pure iconic moments. Cruise is Joel Goodson. He's 17, a good guy and an intelligent guy and when his parents go away on a five day holiday they trust him to keep the house exactly as they left it. As soon as they're gone though, he's dancing around in his white underpants to 'Old Time Rock n Roll' and creating an iconic moment in film history while he's at it. His best friend Miles (Curtis Armstrong) tells Joel he should use the opportunity of an empty house to lose his virginity and tells him to call up a prostitute. ...  Read the complete review

Close your eyes and think of Saturday night- you're bored, you have nothing to do so you decide to settle in and watch a great, enjoyable movie. However you have a choice, between "real" (often depressing) and longwinded films like Gladiator, Pearl Harbour and LOTR (that are often boring and don't bode well for repeated viewing) or you could choose movies like There's Something About Mary, Jackie Brown, Out Of Sight and Risky Business that keep their tongue in their cheeks. It has to be the latter category, I'm afraid. Movies like LOTR, while boasting epic scales and huge budgets aren't a load of popcorn fun and laughs. This is what I want ...  Read the complete review

Joel ( Tom Cruise) Goodson: Some of the girls are wearing my mother's clothing. Lana: What's wrong with that? Joel Goodson: I just don't want to spend the rest of my life in analysis There's a line in this seminal and smart little teen movie from the 1980s where a very young Tom Cruise asks co-star Rebecca de Mornay at the end of the film where they will be in ten years time. For Tom it would be number one in the billboard chart with 'The Firm', for Rebecca it was a small credit on the TV show The Outer Limits. Cruise had that effect on his co-stars and so charismatic was that dazzling smile that he pretty much stole every movie he was in back ...  Read the complete review