Risky Business
There's a time for playing it safe and a time for Risky Business.
There's a time for playing it safe and a time for Risky Business.
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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1983
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Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has been good for too long and it is time to enjoy himself. After an unfortunate incident with the Porsche Joel must raise some cash, in a risky way.
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Runtime:
98 min
Release date:
5 Aug 1983
Country:
US
Languages:
German, English
Budget:
$6,200,000
Revenue:
$63,541,777
Awards:
3 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
For writer/director Paul Brickman, this was a case of being in the right place at the right time and, perhaps most importantly, getting the right leading man in place.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
30 Apr 2009
fresh:
One of the finest film explorations of the end of innocence.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
6 Aug 2007
fresh:
Writer-director Paul Brickman can therefore be accused of trying to have it both ways, but there's no denying the stylishness and talent of his direction.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
6 Aug 2007
fresh:
What distinguishes it, however, is that it's hovering permanently on the brink of stark, staring disaster in a way that strangely recalls The Graduate.
– Chris Peachment,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
It's funny because it deals with subjects that are so touchy, so fraught with emotional pain, that unless we laugh there's hardly any way we can deal with them -- especially if we are now, or ever were, a teenage boy.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004