Risky Business

1983 Comedy

Risky Business is the film in which 19-year-old Tom Cruise dances around his living room in his underwear. He does this to celebrate the fact that his parents have left him alone while they go on vacation. Somewhere along the line, hooker Rebecca De Mornay, fleeing her vicious pimp, hides out in the Cruise manse. Things go from bad to worse to as Cruise inadvertently drives his father's Porsche into Lake Michigan and nearly scuttles his college recruitment interview.

Director: Paul Brickman

Starring: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay,Joe Pantoliano,Richard Masur, Bronson Pinchot

 15 Reviews  3 Awards

Reviews

  • The very best thing about the movie is its dialogue. Paul Brickman, who wrote and directed, has an ear so good that he knows what to leave out.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    27 April 2013

  • Taking off from the format of a typical teenage sex comedy, Brickman deepens the characters and tightens the situations, filming them in a dark, dreamlike style full of sinuous camera movements and surrealistic insinuations. Brickman found a tone I hadn't encountered previously - one of haunting, lyrical satire.

    Dave Kehr - Chicago Reader

    27 April 2013

  • Smart, stylish, and cynical about the values of its time, this movie aspires to be The Graduate for its generation and it comes pretty close.

    - TV Guide

    27 April 2013

  • Risky Business is like a promising first novel, with all the pros and cons that come with that territory.

    - Variety

    27 April 2013

  • Risky Business is the sleeper of the summer. It's a refreshing change from the usual dumb teenage ripoffs, the slickest American film since "Trading Places" and "War Games," and a strong directorial debut for Paul Brickman, who knows his way around teen fantasies.

    Jay Carr - The Boston Globe

    27 April 2013

Awards

  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical

    Golden Globes (1984)

     

  • Movie Dance Sequence You Reenacted in Your Living Room

    TV Land Awards (2008)

     

  • Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen

    Writers Guild of America (1984)

     

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