If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

The film that made Tom Cruise into a megastar. Risky Business is about an 18-year-old kid whose parents leave him for the weekend and he ends up doing some crazy things. Its strange to see Tom Cruise so young, especially dancing in his undies to "old time rock and roll". The film has an amazing collection of songs and the soundtrack by Tangerine Dream is out of this world. You have to see this film just to see where it all began for a guy who is quite possibly the biggest movie star on Earth for the past few decades.

Continuing my plan to watch every Tom Cruise movie in order, I was unable to track down a copy of Losin It, so I went straight to his first movie of 1983, Risky Business.Plot In A Paragraph: A suburban Chicago teenager's parents leave on vacation, and he cuts loose. An unauthorised trip in his father's Porsche means a sudden need for lots of money, which he raises in a creative way.I've never been a huge fan of this movie, don't get me wrong, I don't dislike it, I just find it watchable and nothing more. This was the breakout role for Cruise, and he does a good job for the most part, some of his lines are a bit forced, but over all, he is OK. Rebecca De Mornay is the best thing in the movie, the whore with a heart of gold is a clichéd role, but she does well with it. Joe Pantoliano (an actor I always enjoy watching) is great as a pimp, Bronson Pinchot is his usual reliable self and Richard Masur has a small role too. It's interesting to see a young Cruise on the cusp of stardom, and it has some good dialogue too, but overall it's not one I care to revisit. Risky Business grossed $63million at the domestic box office, to end the year the 10th highest grossing movie of 1983.

I honestly didn't realise Tom Cruise looked absolutely handsome when he was younger. There are scenes that can really confuse you like the girl he was hooking up wanted $300 and then when he couldn't get it and then he finds out who she was, she didn't want it. Also Guido takes his stuff and asks him for money, he probably should've called the police to be honest with you. I mean, it didn't make sense for him to be bribed like that, it really is stressful and dangerous for a young kid like him to be in that situation.Near the ending, when things were back to normal and in the right places, the mother was such a wimp just because there was a small crack on her glass egg. Such a stupid scene to have in this type of movie or even the script on that note was quite stupid! That's the only massive hiccup that cheesed me off with this film! Ill give this movie a 7/10, it was an OK film but that part I told ya about,threw me off a little bit....

The United States have gone a long way since Risky Business was considered a classic film that launched Tom Cruise's career as an actor.When the film was released,it was every teen-age boy fantasy to have the house on their own without their parents.Unfortunately,today's youth want a lot more than what Joel Goodman experienced in this film when his parents went away for vacation leaving him the full responsibility of the house and managed to have a lot of misadventures like driving his dad's Porsche and being able to deal with pimps and hookers.This was definitely a good comedy back in the 80's but not by today's standards.Many would even find it corny or worse even boring.But nevertheless,it is good to look back on how things were back then as compared today's time wherein it would take a lot to elicit lots of laughter from the average American due to the economic situation and difficulties that he is currently facing. It would be great to appreciate this film back when it won't take that much for the average American to laugh.Aside from the laughs,it was also a great movie that has great themes such as materialism,greed,getting into college and meeting the high standards set up by one's parents.