Chirphymium
It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
FrogGlace
In other words,this film is a surreal ride.
AnhartLinkin
This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
Yash Wade
Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
ga-bsi
I watched this movie not long ago on TCM. I was surprised by how sexual the film really was. But also delighted that they didn't make it into some lovey dovey, puppy love nonsense. Trying to smother the sexual obsession that 99.9% of teens harbour. Of course the pairing of Darryl Hannah and Aiden Quinn couldn't flop. I mean they're perfect together. The contrast between their looks and acting styles. She's a blonde, blue eyed cheerleader, he the dark haired and light eyed Italian with a leather jacket and enough troubles to fill a circus tent. Yes, I know it's been done a billion times before and in exactly the same setting, mood and dialogue. But hey? Who says that real life characters such as these are ever going to get original themselves? It's one of my favourite raunch-o-rama teen flicks and even though its not in the league of "The Breakfast Club" or "Dirty Dancing", its soundtrack still kicks ass and plus it has a happy ending! Who can beat that?
fuglyjs
As an angst-ridden teen in the 80's and a fan of alternate music, "Reckless" with Darryl Hannah and Adian Quinn had everything that films like Foot Loose and Top Gun were missing - a true kick a** soundtrack featuring great 80's tunes from artists like Kim Wilde, INXS, and the excellent Romeo Void (read: NO theme song from Kenny Loggins!). The film wasn't going to win any Oscars but it wasn't meant to! Reckless is a great little flick about the guy from the wrong side of the tracks going after, and getting (maybe!) the girl. In 2005, Reckless is a perfect 80's time-capsule! Sad that the studio had such little faith in the film at the time that they never even released a soundtrack CD. And to date, it's never been released on DVD! Both Hannah and Quinn are still viable stars today (see: Kill Bill and Empire Falls), and this is a nostalgic snap shot of both stars in earlier days. A note to the studio execs out there (and those fantastic folks at Rhino!) - the 80's are back and HOT so give us this DVD, will ya?
gwynne41008
I was still in Junior High when I saw this movie so it was kinda risqué to me. I thought Aidan Quinn was beautiful, especially in the shower scene! And I was already a fan of Daryl Hannah from Splash. I like the whole wrong side of the tracks love story idea. I felt bad that no one liked Johnny just cause he was poor and had a bad homelife. He was a really nice guy and he loved Tracy. The sex scenes were very good and very realistic. Daryl Hannah is one lucky girl to have gotten to play those scenes. The soundtrack is great and I wish I could purchase it. The "Kids in America" scene is awesome and ends with Tracy and Johnny in a pool. But the best scene is at the end when they play Bob Segers "Roll Me Away". I love that song!
triple8
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.
