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From: oscar@utcsrgv.UUCP (Oscar M. Nierstrasz)
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Subject: Risky Business
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Date: Sat, 1-Oct-83 21:03:52 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct  1 21:03:52 1983
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Risky Business  (Brickman, Paul; USA; 1983; 95m) ***

Very funny, very smart movie.

The plot: A high-school student in middle-class  America  who  is
preparing  for  college  (he wants to get into Princeton) has the
house to himself for a few days.  A buddy urges him to  go  nuts.
He  is  reluctant, but finds himself drawn into a set-up that be-
gins as a mild embarrassment and grows  into  a  totally  prepos-
terous  escapade.  As the consequences become more and more seri-
ous he must risk more to recover.

The film works both as  satire  and  as  raw  entertainment.   It
doesn't take itself too seriously, so the moments of truly point-
ed humour are never heavy-handed.   For  instance,  the  jabs  at
macho-posturing  are  made  good-naturedly,  without judgement or
condemnation.  Of course, if it tried to take itself seriously it
would  collapse: the films gets so bizarre that it requires a to-
tal suspension of disbelief for it to work at all.

The funniest comedy I've seen in a long time.

Oscar Nierstrasz @ utzoo!utcsrgv!oscar