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Podcast: Have a Good Movie
Episode: 80'S GRAB BAG: Risky Business (1983)
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CONTENT WARNING: Child abuse, physical abuse, mental abuse, manipulation, gaslighting, childhood trauma.
The 80’s Grab Bag continues with a truly promising premise with some very flawed execution. While this movie had the chance to be Ferris Bueller’s Day Off but with a ultra-dark twist, it winds up being a bit of a tepid rehashing of bad teen ideas. And it’s mostly to do with the awkward, overly “erotic” and ultimately unnecessary sex. It’s a shame our writer and director didn’t really know wh...