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.
nickyjohnp
This movie helped launch Tom Cruise's film career as he previously was in the 1981 Endless Love, Taps, The Outsiders, and Losin' It, but all those movies don't compare to 1983's Risky Business as Tom Cruise (Joel Goodsen) hit it big with these classic,staring along with Rebecca De Mornay (Lana) the prostitute he character hires when his parents are away. The movie has the Tom Cruise dancing in his underwear scene, the music is also well-known as also Tom Cruise actually running. The script is clever as it all add's together, by the end he pay's off Lana's bill, fixes his father's Porsche, get's accepted into Princeton, get's Lana to become his girlfriend, and figures out what he want's to do with his life. Also Joe Pantoliano has a supporting role as Guido, Lana's "manager" who show's up at the end and Joel takes care of him by the end of the movie. Curtis Armstrong also is in the movie as he play's Miles Dalby (Joel's best friend) who encourages him to break the rules while his parent's are away. The cast help's make the movie a classic along with the crew.
Irishchatter
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....
FlashCallahan
Left alone in the wealthy northern Chicago suburbs with the family house and Porsche at his disposal, Joel, through his scheming friends, finds himself entertaining call girl Lana. After meeting Joel's enthusiastic friends, Lana spots a business opportunity, and suggests bringing in some of her equally stunning colleagues. Joel is initially against such an idea, at least until the Porsche accidentally falls into Lake Michigan, requiring a quick infusion of ready cash......With such an illustrious career, probably one of the biggest successes in Hollywoods history, it's clear that Cruise is not just a bona-fide movie star, the man is a living legend.And then there's this film.....I must be missing something, I know that this kick-started his career into the stratospheric place it is now, but it's one of the most abhorrent, dislikable roles he's ever played.He basically plays a smug little rich boy who gets done over by a pimp and has to make ex amount of cash before his parents get home.Despite the screen presence he has in this, it's impossible to care about the situation he's got himself into because there is no empathetic repercussions to he character. in fact, he almost takes advantage of his situation to start the titular hobby.So if you want to watch a film where a smug little rich boy thinks about turning his back on education for all the wrong reasons, then this is for you.I found myself getting more angrier as the film went on.
AD
