Reckless (1984)

Director:

James Foley

Writer:

Chris Columbus (writer)

Release Date:

3 February 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Comedy

Tagline:

Girls like Tracy never tell their parents about guys like Rourke.

Plot:

Rebellious footballer Johnny, falls for cheerleader Tracy. They come from opposite backrounds; she's from a comfortable well off family...

Plot Keywords:

School | High School Teacher | Locker | Sex In Bathroom | Motorcycle

Cast

Aidan Quinn	...	Johnny Rourke
Daryl Hannah	...	Tracey Prescott
Kenneth McMillan	...	John Rourke Sr
Cliff De Young	...	Phil Barton
Lois Smith	...	Mrs. Prescott
Adam Baldwin	...	Randy Daniels
Dan Hedaya	...	Peter Daniels
Billy Jayne	...	David Prescott (as Billy Jacoby)
Toni Kalem	...	Donna
Jennifer Grey	...	Cathy Bennario
Haviland Morris	...	Mary Pat Sykes
Pamela Springsteen	...	Karen Sybern
Susan Kingsley	...	Eileen
Adam LeFevre	...	Officer Haskell
Ellen Mirojnick	...	Physics Teacher

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Mingo Junction, Ohio, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

In one scene we see that Tracy has a Jackson Browne poster in her room - Daryl Hannah was dating Browne at the time.

Quotes:

Cathy Benario: Forget it! I'm not that drunk... well, not yet!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore (1997)

Soundtrack:

UNDERSTANDING GRAVITY

Sizzling!

It's hard not to feel nostalgic when I think of Reckless. I saw it way back when and watched and liked it, despite knowing this premise has been done a million times before and that there wasn't one iota of originality in the movie. In spite of that-this movie is simply fun sizzling mind candy-it's as fun as one lets it be-it must have made an impression on me because I still remember it all these years later.

How could the combo of Aiden Quinn and Daryl Hannah go wrong anyway? Sometimes,a movie, despite not being original just works. And Reckless just worked.

This is not a movie in the same vane as "The breakfast club",or "some kind of wonderful", two of my favorite "high quality" teen movies (though the music's every bit as good). It's also not an obnoxious though FANTASTIC comedy like 'Clerks". What we have here is the standard bad boy meets uppity cheeleader and tames her. It's a bit more sizzling then you might expect it to be, racy without ever getting into trashy.It's not my favorite "bad boy/good girl/sizzle movie" (for lack of a better genre term!) That honor goes to "Two moon junction". But it's still a very watchable movie.

I consider this to be a movie that maybe wasn't great but was perfect for that time period and one that I want to (and plan) to see again for nostalgia purposes. I'd give it no points for originality but an 8 for casting and the sizzle factor and ten for the music.