Risky Business
1983, R, 98 min.
Directed by Paul Brickman, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano, Bronson Pinchot.

Princeton-bound preppy Joel Goodsen cuts a little too loose when his folks go out of town, resulting in a movie that is part caper comedy, part suburban satire, and all Eighties. This was Cruise’s breakthrough performance, and the scene of the young actor dancing in his underwear to Bob Seger is, for better or worse, one of the most memorable movie scenes of that decade.

This article appears in April 14 • 2000.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.