Cruel Intentions

Name: Cruel Intentions
Director: Roger Kumble
Released: 1999

Roger Kumble

1999

5.00

Synopsis

Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kathryn. But if he loses, Kathryn will claim his most prized possession.

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Cast

Ryan PhillippeSebastian Valmont
Sarah Michelle GellarKathryn Merteuil
Reese WitherspoonAnnette Hargrove
Selma BlairCecile Caldwell
Louise FletcherHelen Rosemond
Joshua JacksonBlaine Tuttle
Eric MabiusGreg McConnell
Sean Patrick ThomasRonald Clifford
Alaina Reed HallNurse
Hiep Thi LeMai-Lee

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90
Washington Post
A witty, raunchy comedy, which proves that a well-written piece of business – oozing with sex, wit and nasty intrigue – works for any generation.
80
Salon
The dirtiest-minded American movie in recent memory -- and an honestly corrupt entertaining picture is never anything to sneeze at.
75
Chicago Sun-Times
It crash-lands with an ending of soppy moralizing, but until the end, it's smart and merciless in the tradition of the original story.
70
Film.com
The darkly comic tone is often just right, and the casting occasionally pays off.
70
Newsweek
You won't be able to resist the film's ribaldry and cynicism.
70
Chicago Reader
Neither the characters nor the events are exactly the same as those of the novel, but some of the same spirit comes across.
67
Entertainment Weekly
Never shocks or even offends by ascribing fully adult cruelties and erotic activities to obnoxious kids; such harshness wouldn't flatter a cast this moussed and magazine-layout-ready.
50
Chicago Tribune
As Cruel Intentions progresses, you may come to realize that if a bomb suddenly blew up everyone on screen, you wouldn't particularly miss anyone.

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