Review of Risky Business (1983) by Bart & — 01 Feb 2010

Dated but neverless, a fun and interesting teen sex comedy.

This review of Risky Business (1983) was written by Bart & on 01 Feb 2010.

Risky Business has generally received positive reviews.

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Taking off from the format of a typical teenage sex comedy, Brickman deepens the characters and tightens the situations, filming them in a…

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By Scott P (796) on 06 Nov 2016

The underwear dancing was the best part of the movie. Everything after the first five minutes was meh to horrible…

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I do not see how this movie can be good. There was not much of plot and not much acting. It was not as funny and not as entertaining…

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Risky Business is known today as the movie that launched Tom Cruise into stardom but the film is really quite good on its own merit…

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Risky Business captures the teen angst of the 80's in a funny and sexy coming-of-age story that boasts a gracious turn from star Tom Cruise…

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Risky Business may not appeal to other people but this is a good ass movie your parents watched in the 80's. Totally fell in love with Cruise…

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By Scott M (2,584) on 02 Apr 2017

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