Skip to main content

Viewer Score

100
Viewer score based on 1 vote.

Critic Score

75
Critics' score based on 8 reviews.
powered by Metacritic ™

Your Reviews

Showing 1 of (of )

Critic Reviews

The very best thing about the movie is its dialogue. Paul Brickman, who wrote and directed, has an ear so good that he knows what to leave out.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

Taking off from the format of a typical teenage sex comedy, Brickman deepens the characters and tightens the situations, filming them in a dark, dreamlike style full of sinuous camera movements and surrealistic insinuations. Brickman found a tone I hadn't encountered previously - one of haunting, lyrical satire.Full Review

Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader

An adolescent-oriented farce so finely tuned it projects beyond its narrow intended audience - it's not only for adolescents, it's for anyone who remembers what adolescence was like. [05 Aug 1983]Full Review

Jay Scott
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Risky Business is like a promising first novel, with all the pros and cons that come with that territory.Full Review

Variety

Risky Business is like a promising first novel, with all the pros and cons that come with that territory.Full Review

Staff (Not Credited)
Variety
Showing 1 of (of )

Add Your Review for Risky Business