Solid, But I Do Not Love It.

Rating: 8/10 (25 September 2017)

Continuing my plan to watch every Tom Cruise movie in order, I come to The Color Of Money (1986)
Plot In A Paragraph: Fast Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) teaches Vincent (Tom Cruise) a immensely talented but cocky protégé the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback.
After the mega commercial Top Gun, Cruise switched it up, with this more serious effort, teaming up with two legends of the industry in Newman and director Martin Scorsese. You have to admire how Cruise went from the youthful appeal of Risky Business and the commercial appeal of Top Gun to working with Paul Newman and Martin Scorsese.
Personally, whilst I enjoy this movie, I do not watch it often. I think it's far from the best work of any of the talent involved, but it is an enjoyable movie. Newman deservedly won the Oscar and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio lights up the screen. If anything Cruise's Vincent is a little over shadowed at times. Again, like in Top Gun, his character is cocky, but this time it's mixed with arrogance, and his character isn't really likable.
The Color Of Money grossed $52 million at the domestic box office, to end the year the 12th highest grossing movie of 1986.