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Time to feel old! “Risky Business” just celebrated a quarter-century of existence. And you know what? To quote this sleeper hit, the dream is always the same.
As Tom Cruise’s first huge role, the movie remains the smartest, sharpest sex comedy ever made. While Joel Goodsen’s (Cruise) parents are away for the weekend, extenuating circumstances force him to turn their home into a whorehouse for one night only. And he falls for a hooker (Rebecca DeMornay).
But writer/director Paul Brickman’s freshman effort is so much more than that. Its style belies the helmer’s then-short r
This article appears in Sep 3-9, 2008.