I wondered what else Tom Cruise did in the early 1980s beyond The Outsiders. Here he is in suburban Chicago, his affluent parents absent for a week, in wish fulfilment mode. Hooker with a heart Rebecca De Mornay helps him out on a lonely Saturday night and he returns the favour by hosting a bordello party to pay everyone's bills. There's some fun and jabs at the establishment, specifically entrepreneurship and Princeton, and also some priceless scenes of an off-brand and uninhibited Cruise; "Looks like it's the University of Illinois!" must be amongst the finest in his career.
Written and directed by Paul Brickman.
Roger Ebert: four stars. A sex commedy (not farce!) like The Graduate. A Critic's Pick by Janet Maslin (?) — the review is not positive.
