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๐Ÿ’ผ Risky Business (1983), directed by Paul Brickman, is a legendary comedy-drama that launched Tom Cruise into stardom. Mixing humor, teenage rebellion, and sharp social commentary, the film explores risk, independence, and growing up.

โœจ The story follows Joel Goodson (Tom Cruise), a high school senior from Chicago, left alone at home while his parents are away. What starts as a harmless bit of fun spirals into a series of wild misadventures after he meets Lana (Rebecca De Mornay), a call girl. Together, they get caught up in a whirlwind of reckless decisions, unexpected romance, and life lessons about responsibility.

๐ŸŽฅ In this video, weโ€™ll break down the full story, hidden themes, and cultural impact of Risky Business, while also explaining why it remains a must-watch classic of the โ€™80s.

๐ŸŒŸ Full Cast & Crew:

Tom Cruise as Joel Goodson

Rebecca De Mornay as Lana

Joe Pantoliano as Guido

Richard Masur as Rutherford

Bronson Pinchot as Barry

Curtis Armstrong as Miles

Director/Writer: Paul Brickman

Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romance

๐Ÿง  Plot Summary:

Joel Goodson is the perfect student, destined for an Ivy League future. But when his parents leave town, he decides to taste freedom. Things take a chaotic turn after he meets Lana, leading to stolen furniture, fast cars, and risky decisions that threaten his future.

With humor, seduction, and Tom Cruiseโ€™s now-iconic dance in his underwear, Risky Business is more than a teen comedy โ€” itโ€™s a story about choices, consequences, and stepping into adulthood.

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00:00she's here and she is waiting for you how come you're not in school
00:08please stop i'm sorry i just it was great the way her mind worked i don't remember
00:16giving permission for a party joe evening worked out well
00:19dad you're home what's wrong
00:24at the start of the story a boy named joel is explaining that instead of going to his home
00:32he went to his neighbor's house without their permission he looks around for anyone but no
00:37one is present he hears a sound and go upstairs and then he see a girl taking bath this is a dream
00:43so he keeps going with it he talks to her there she wants him to wash her back and the vision gets
00:48more and more blurry when he opens the door he find himself in a school classroom he is late and
00:54only has two minutes to pass the exam but he has already failed this is joel he is a bit of an
01:00introvert when it comes to meeting girls he has never even kissed a girl one day his friend tells
01:05him to loosen the life a bit and have some fun since his parents are going out of town for a couple of
01:11days and he suggests joel to take advantage of the empty home joel's parents live a very disciplined
01:16life and expect the same from their son joel as well they want him to get admission in one of the
01:21best university called princeton before leaving they wish him well and trust him on taking care
01:26of the house as expected instead of taking care of the house he start to drink and dance with pure
01:32passion next day at school every one of his friends are talking about getting the jobs and making the
01:37money joe is surprised to see this and scold them for being money making monkeys same night his friend
01:44glenn comes to his house along with a girl and they take joel's room to spend some quality time
01:48it does not take too long that joel starts to hear the moaning which distracts their concentration
01:54which result in them leaving the house and go for a ride next day his friend suggest him to call a
01:59girl and book her for the night when joel does not agree with him his friend forcefully does it for him
02:05and walk away from there the day has passed and it is the evening time someone knocks on the door as
02:11expected and nervous joel comes at the door to attend the guest the women was not something he expected
02:17he explains to her that this is not joel and he will call him suddenly he calls his friend and
02:23shouted him to come but he does not agree since she take a cab this far joel ends up paying her 75
02:29dollars she gives him the number of a women that he would want whose name was lana at night he starts
02:35to imagine a random girl and have some quality time but suddenly he starts to imagine cops and his
02:41parents outside he wakes up from his imagination and try to look for a girl in the newspaper and again
02:46come across the number he was given earlier after calling the number then he waits and falls asleep
02:52in the process in a while a gorgeous woman named lana arrives and they passionately start to spend
02:58quality time with each other next morning she start to ask him for 300 but joel does not have any cash
03:05available in the house he suggests that he have bond in the bank that he can cash out and he walks away
03:10after cashing it out he comes back home just to find out that the women stole his mother's
03:15expensive artifact which was shaped almost like an egg he asked his friend to help him out and with
03:21the help of the number they end up in a restaurant they catches each other's eyes and later meet
03:25outside she sits in his car and tell him to drive away quick because someone was after her this was
03:31no other than her manager he even start to follow them driving which result in joel nervously trying
03:37to drive dangerously fast in order to escape from him back at home the girl can be seen once again
03:42and it seems like she was with him since the last night after eating breakfast joel has to go to
03:48school and ask her to leave the house because he is afraid that she will steal things once again
03:53lana talked to him and insists that she needs to stay just for a couple of hours joel does not have
03:58much choice but to let her stay he goes to school a bit late meanwhile the girl took joel's father's
04:03expensive car joel wants to go home he is nervous he reaches home and see his friend glenn inside the
04:10house he gets to know that the women used his house for their work and offers him fifty dollars
04:15as commission joel denies it and ask them to leave which they do eventually right after he hears some
04:21noise and watches outside of his window he again sees the same guy from the restaurant and tell him
04:27to leave the property the guy ends up threatening him a little after some time joel let both the girls
04:33stay for one night in the evening joel and the girls go eat some ice cream and gets a little high
04:38there joel becomes very high and right there the girl ask him to maybe make some money she asked him
04:44if she can gather her co-workers in his house and make some money maybe he can be an entrepreneur
04:48for a night but he does not want to do any of it they have small conversation about her family and
04:54he asked her too many questions that makes her feel like he is judging her which result in her walking
04:59away from there meanwhile due to gravity his car start to move on its own and he try to stop it
05:04which does happen at the very end of the small bridge but it does not take too long that it breaks
05:09insurance company takes the car and this is making joel a bit frustrated and sad he even missed his
05:15exam and try asking the teacher to give him one more chance he ends up picking her collars and gets
05:21himself temporarily suspended there is only one thing he can do and we all know what that is
05:27he goes to lana and decide to accept her offer of working together for a few days
05:31next day all the beautiful women arrive at his house and they start their business he introduced
05:37lots of friends to this and they are making lots of money he starts to pitch his business all kinds
05:42of people to get customers from everywhere he has become so good at it that in no time anyone becomes
05:48his customer one day an interviewer from the princeton university arrives and he is surprised
05:53to see all the hustle happening this was obvious to him that this is no ordinary home he talks to
05:59joel about the field he wants to take to which joel calmly says business this was no miracle to tell
06:05that he already had become a businessman later joel gets a call from his parents they are a bit suspicious
06:11of joel that maybe he is having a party but still trust him joel has made tons of money in just one
06:17night and his interviewer from princeton also had a great time lana wanted to have quality time inside
06:23the train so they go there and wait for all the people to leave after some time they start to spend
06:28some lovely moments next day after leaving lana at her apartment he arrives back at home and finds
06:34most of his home furniture gone he calls lana and ends up talking with the same man who has threat
06:40him earlier at his house he reveals that he is the one who took all his furniture and makes a deal with
06:45him while joel's parents are waiting for him on the airport joel starts to buy his own furniture with
06:51his own money and spend most of his profit his friends help him to settle down all the furniture
06:56inside the house before his parents arrive finally his parents arrive and scold him a bit for not
07:01receiving them at the airport everything goes very well until his mother asks him about the artifact
07:07there was a very small crack inside the egg artifact and she accused him for it and his mother is very
07:12disappointed at him but this incident had barely any effect on joel it looks like joel have become the
07:18ideal entrepreneur and acts like one while working in the backyard he gets confronted with his father
07:24and gets to know that the bill has talked to him the guy who was the interviewer from the princeton
07:29his father reveals that he got accepted into the princeton university and made him proud later
07:35joel is talking to lana and ask if all that was just for setting up the business there she reveals
07:41that it was not just that in the end of the movie he narrated that his name is joel and
07:46he deal in human fulfillment and he grossed fifty thousand dollars in one night
07:54you
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