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.

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.

A Chicago teenager (Thomas Mapother) is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.Looking back now (2015), the 1980s are seen as the decade of greed and unrestrained capitalism. This may not be accurate, but it is the caricature. How interesting that this film arrived so early in the decade, promoting "business" and capitalism through the view of prostitution and pimping. There must be a social message here, but I am not sure what.What really stands out is how "clean" it all is. The pimp is a bad guy, but never really dangerous. Prostitutes are shown as fun-loving, rather than strung out on drugs or with other issues. And even the main character sees dating a prostitute as a great thing, ignoring the reality of disease and the fact his girlfriend is sleeping with his friends for money. So strange!

Risky Business is a good older teen film - yes it's funny. And no Joel (Cruise) should not do what he does in the movie but that is what creates the comedy and some of the drama in the film. Basically, if Joel did what he was suppose to do then we would not have a movie to watch.I think Tom Cruise was great in this movie - but he's gotten better over the years (IMO). And the film is worth watching for Tom Cruise's performance - and not just for his famous dancing scene in the film.Another reason to watch this movie is the story. Risky Business does have an interesting story to follow - and it's not all comedy.On a personal note: I'm surprised the IMDb movie is low on this classic Tom Cruise film. Should be a bit higher (but that's just my opinion).7.5/10