Tom Cruise Rewind

Closing up the unofficial trilogy where Tom Cruise losing his virginity is essential to the plot is the 1983 movie All the Right Moves . As the last of four films that Cruise released in 1983, it brings me no pleasure to say it does little to continue the thought-provoking commentary put forth by Risky Business to settle for a mediocre coming-of-age story that says little instead.

It's a shame that Risky Business is primarily known for Tom Cruise dancing around in his underwear. That scene alone is not representative of the entire film, and yet, many people tend to judge this film as if it were another mediocre teen sex comedy from the 80s. The truth is that Risky Business is much deeper than that -- and is perhaps the most intelligent film in the genre.

There isn't much to say about Losin' It outside of what could be expected based off its poster and title. It's another straight-forward 80s teen sex comedy, only this time so stale that the offensiveness of the standard misogyny and racism found in movies like this can't override how humdrum this film really is.

The Outsiders is peculiar, in that its biggest weakness is what also makes it so memorably charming. That is, of course, that the novel of the same name is very obviously the product of a 16-year-old girl. Even with heavyweight names like Francis Ford Coppola attached to the movie, the film remains a faithful adaptation of the novel and therefore isn't any more or less complex in its portrayal of the Greasers, its poor main characters, and the Socs, the rich rival gang.