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Risky Business (1983)

Overall Score: 8 out of 10

Meet the model son who's been good too long

Starring: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Masur, Bronson, Pinchot, Curtis Armstrong, Nicholas Pryor, Janet Carroll, Shera Danese, Raphael Sbarge, Bruce A. Young, Kevin Anderson, Sarah Partridge, Nathan Davis, Scott Harlan

Director: Paul Brickman

Running Time: 98 minutes

US MPAA rating: N/A
UK BBFC rating: 18
Comedy, Crime

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If only those ever-vague ads offering the opportunity to "work from home" were offering the line of enterprise the frighteningly-young Tom Cruise sets up for himself in 'Risky Business'. After all, who in their right mind could disagree that running your own den of iniquity sounds infinitely more enjoyable than stuffing leaflets into envelopes for hour upon hour?

Aged 19 when he nabbed this starring role, Cruise - as the wet-behind-the-ears Joel Goodson - looks barely old enough to be allowed on the dodgems without an adult, let alone go into business with a platoon of pleasure-selling hussies. But that's exactly what he does when his folks (Nicholas Pryor and Janet Carroll) decide to go away for the week and leave the family home in his unblemished hands. So before long it's high times for Joel and his craply-dressed High School buddies - well, until "Guido the killer pimp" (Joe Pantoliano) arrives on the scene, that is.

It's not tough to see where it influences (but not necessarily betters) the string of kids-left-on-their-own flicks that followed, from

DVD Extras: Cast and crew bios - does anyone honestly ever read those?? Extras: 1 out of 10

It's Got: The now-legendary pant dance.

It Needs: A small business start-up grant from the council.

Alternatives: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Summary: Pimpin' most definitely ain't easy. Overall Score: 8 out of 10

Review by Gary Panton

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External Links

Risky Business at the IMDB

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3 Comments

What was the year, make, and model of the sports car which rolled into the water that had to be repaired?
Comment by:- Detroitcollins | | 08 August 2004 | ip: logged

Porsche 944. Not sure of the year.
Comment by:- ScottP | | 07 September 2004 | ip: logged

It was a Porsche 928 S3. It was never available in the UK; only S1, S2 & S4.
Comment by:- Richy-G | | 17 September 2004 | ip: logged

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