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Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.....it's all about the shoes!!!!!
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Based on Dangerous Liaisons, Cruel Intentions is one of my favourite films of ALL time. The plot is VERY complex but the acting is superb and the evilness of it all is fascinating and exciting. Sebastian (Ryan Philippe) and his stepsister Kathryn (Sarah Michelle Gellar – Buffy!) are rich, spoilt and obnoxious. They are also a pair of slappers who have no respect for those around them. There is an almost incestuous erotic tension between the two throughout the film but that is a sideline to the main plot.
Sebastian is bored of having flings with pretty girls that just can’t say no to him. He wants to have to do some work to get a date. Kathryn comes to the rescue with an article about Anette Hargrove (Reese Witherspoon), a girl from out of town, who has just moved to Manhattan where her dad is to become principal of Manchester, the school that they attend. Anette has been interviewed to tell people why she is choosing to stay a virgin until she is married. This is all that Sebastian needs to hear to set his plan in motion. However, it is with Kathryn’s connections that he is to get the opportunity. She needs a favour from him and she has the wager to put him in the mood to succeed. Kathryn will get his 56 Roadster or Sebastian will get to sleep with her.
At this point the plot thickens. There are so many pawns in this game of cheating and betrayal, it is hard to know how is on the side of good or bad.
I will give no more away, otherwise I would have to tell the whole story.
The soundtrack is fantastic. The sets are wonderful. The colours are vibrant. The acting is superb. The casting is excellent. The story is one that can be watched over and over and over. Perhaps a bit of a teen flick but I loved it.
I have watched this many more times than any other film – EVER. I could watch it over and over again. The plot is so thick that it never exhausts the possibility of frequent viewing. It is more than just a romance and I hope that you will all give it a go.
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Drama - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Shelagh Fraser, Barbara Flynn, Keith Drinkel, Felicity Kendal, Pam Ferris, Colin Douglas
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Advantages: How good the actors are and how class they make this movie to be.And how no special effects are needed to make this movie how good it is. Disadvantages: wasnt long enough lol
crazygeordie 28.06.2001 ·
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Review of Cruel Intentions
Advantages: it was watchable in a funny sort of way Disadvantages: The quality of acting didn't compare to the original, Repeated quotes from the first film
jenni_a 29.04.2003 (29.04.2003)
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Review of CruelIntentions 2 (DVD)
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