A star was born. And the lucky stiff also got to fondle the naked frames of Lea Thompson and Rebecca de Mornay in the same year. All four of the young stars have continued to perform in the spotlight, although Edwards seems to have left comedy behind him. In this film, Cruise plays an aspiring Ivy Leaguer whose upper middle class parents go away on a vacation without him, leaving him master of the domain. How's that for the usual set-up.
Kid is home alone.
His entire future, especially college admission, hinges on his behavior during this period. The typical set-up continues. In short, become a man. Cruise gives in to his friend's seductive argument, and ends up sleeping with a very expensive call girl whom he cannot afford, which is where his big troubles begin. Well, to make a long story short, Cruise ends up managing an entire stable of hookers out of his parents' house.