Cruel Intentions

...thing that attracted me to Cruel Intentions was Sarah Michelle Gellar and a few friends recommending it. Amy wanted to see it cause of Ryan Philippe, so we got it off the shelf, made our way home and put it into the video not expecting much……………… The story is based around Kathryn Merteuil and step brother Sebastian Valmont, two enormously rich and attractive socialites, who like nothing better than to mess with other peoples lives, using whatever ...
...see! The acting in Cruel Intentions is sometimes remarkable, sometimes above average. I am very glad to say that Sarah Michelle Gellar comes out of the proceedings best. She perfectly captures the seduction role. She is brilliant as both her friendly and bitchy alter egos. She is easily relatable. I think that when you are brought up with the power to get whatever you want, you expect that through your whole life. She is super sexy, but also manages ...

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Cruel Intentions, a teen comedy/drama with both a fiesty and serious side, which boasts an increbible cast of hollywood twenty somethings. The stellar cast include Ryan Phillippe (The Way of the Gun, Gosford Park), Sarah Michelle Gellar (TV's Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Scooby Doo), Reese Witherspoon (Sweet Home Alabama, Legally Blond), Selma Blair (A Guy Thing, The Sweetest Thing) and Joshua Jackson (TV's Dawson's Creek). The story is as follows; ...
...up now... BOTTOM LINE Cruel Intentions is a funny, slightly moving, entertainly look on a select group of people destoying eachother's lives, with back stabbing, black mail and whatever else hormone driven teens do these days to each other. An overall splendid film with minor flaws. Not really recommended for adults however. I don't think its their kind of film and by no means is it anything extremely special that could warrant Oscar recognition. ...

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...------------------------------------------- WHAT IS CRUEL INTENTIONS? ------------------------------------------- Cruel Intentions is a modern remake of Dangerous Liaisons (the 1988 film which apparently was one of the best films of the decade). Cruel Intentions is actually the fourth adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons since it was initially published in 1782, having not been around in 1782 I really can’t go off the original version (sorry!). ...
...-------------------------------------------- WHO’S IN CRUEL INTENTIONS? -------------------------------------------- Sebastian aka Ryan Phillippe (isn’t he just gorgeous?) Kathryn aka Sarah Michelle Geller aka Buffy Annette aka Reese Witherspoon Cecile aka Selma Blair Blaine aka Joshua Jackson aka Pacey (Dawson’s Creek) ------------------------------------------------------ WHAT’S CRUEL INTENTIONS ABOUT? ----------------------------------------------------- ...

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The best movie that i have seen in a while has to be "cruel intentions". It is full of everything that i could ever want in a movie. I was watching it last night for the millionth time lol and i got all intreged in to it again like i did the first time that i seen this movie. It is a movie that could never get old that you always want to watch it again and again. Well i could any ways lol. The first time that i seen it advertised I just thought oh ...
...go and see. It looked daring, exciting, sly and romantic all rolled in to one movie. So me and my mates went to see it at the cinema and we were all excited one of the reasons was yes ill admit it the georgeous ryan phillipe lol. But that wasnt the only reason why i wanted to see it. I think that a movie thats kind of intreging kind of attracts u too it and also that it is a kind of sluty and mysterious movie you just think that its a must see thing. ...

crazygeordie 28.06.2001 · Read full review
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Cruel Intentions, 97 mins approx, UK Rating 15 This 1999 movie set out to bring Les Dangerous Liaisons into the modern day; stepsiblings Katherine and Sebastian take sibling rivalry to another level as they make a bet on whether Sebastian can steal the virginity of their new headmasters daughter Annette Hargrove. If he fails Katherine will get to keep his jaguar and if he succeeds he wins the one thing that he can't have, her. On his way to accomplishing ...
...Director: The director of Cruel Intentions is Roger Kumble in 2000 he also went on to direct Cruel Intentions 2 and worked as a writer on Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin & There's something about Mary. Cast: Sarah Michelle Geller plays Katherine Merteuil, Katharine is a rich bitch, she is used to getting everything her way and people obeying her commands. Society sees her as some kind of martyr and she has been put up on a pedal stool. She believes that ...

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Sassy wised-up modern reworkings of classics can work bigtime - witness Alicia Silverstone in Clueless, a film that made me think there might be something in Jane Austen's Emma. Dangerous Liaisons and to a lesser extent Valmont showed that a film adaptation (it had already hit pay dirt on the stage with Christopher Hampton's version) of Choderlos de Laclos' novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses could work on the screen. Enter stage left director Roger Kumble ...
...accompanied by a trio of poster-friendly actors - Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon - ready to update Laclos' book. Nice idea but what we get is a distasteful mess. The film fails because it cannot distinguish between eroticism and titillation, coaxes performances from its leads that are more Carry On Snogging than Kama Sutra and along the way exhibits such a blue-rinse notion of sexuality that it becomes an exercise in ...

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Occasionally a film is released that you think you're going to love before you go and see it. More occasionally, the film lives up to your expectations. But it is truly a rare film that makes you immediately want to run back into the cinema and see it all over again. This film absolutely oozes class, the perfect thing to watch on a summer's evening when you're leaning back on the sofa feeling generally superior about the world. It tells the story ...
...ladykiller respectively, and half-brother and sister, who make an original bet. If Sebastian can bed the new headmaster's daughter, a self-avowed virgin who is waiting for 'the right time', then he will be able to have the one person he has never been able to: Kathryn. And if she wins, she gets his prized green vintage Jaguar. The scene is set, and everything progresses well for Sebastian, until something very unexpected happens. He falls in love. ...

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Cruel Intentions was a film I had wanted to see for a long time. I actually thought that it was a scary film, I don’t know why, but I hadn’t read to much into the film as I don’t like to spoilt them for myself before I go and watch them. Scary film? How wrong could I be, this is a drama and there is nothing in it that’s scary at all, so I was wrong, there you go, I’ve admitted it! So what is it all about? Well, I don’t ...
...good go! Cruel Intentions is based around the main 2 characters, Kathryn (Sarah Michelle Geller) and Sebastian (Ryan Phillippe). They are brother and sister in laws who thrive on betrayal. They both like each other, Sebastian makes this obvious but Kathryn uses his lust for her to her advantage. Anyway, I’m not going to try and explain this film to much as I really only understood one part of the film (Drama really isn’t my type of thing). ...

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This film was originally recommended to me by a friend and I just had to see it. The film is based on the book by Choderlos de Lacios entitled "Les Laisons Dangereuses" On seeing the film originally on Sky television I was very impressed with it and immediatley went out and bought it. The Characters Kathryn Merteuil (Sarah Michelle Gellar) Kathryn is filthy rich. She is maipulative and spends her time ruining other peoples innocent lives. She is ...
...get difficult she "turns to God and he helps her through it" Sebastian Valmont (Ryan Phillippe) Sebastian is Kathryns step brother and he works together with Kathryn to ruin innocent people's lives. Sebastian however is sick of the young women he has easily seduced and sets his sights on the new headmaster's daughter, Annette. Cecille Coldwell (Selma Blair) Cecille is new money and also the new girlfriend of Court (we never see Court but he is the ...

jenni_a 26.04.2003 · Read full review
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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 ...
...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 ...

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Cruel Intentions is a teen movie of sorts, but not a typical American Pie/Road Trip/etc one. Instead it has a far darker sexual theme… Details It begins with Sebastian, who’s been working his way through most of the local girls and is after more challenging sexual conquests. Next we see is Sebastian’s step-sister Kathryn, who’s president of the student body, talking to Mrs Caldwell (played by Cybil’s friend from the TV show Cybil) and her daughter ...
...has a grudge against Cecile after her ex-boyfriend left her and fell for Cecile. Cecile’s still a virgin, but Kathryn wants to change all that, and render her “damaged goods”. She enlists step-brother Sebastian to help, but he has plans of his own. He finds the new head’s daughter Annette is ‘saving herself’ and thinks she could be his “greatest victory”. The two make a wager – if Sebastian can bed Annette then Kathryn will sleep with him too, but ...

a-true-ben 09.12.2002 · Read full review
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Cruel intentions is an intense story of a young man, with a very high sex drive, and his step sister. It is a modern version of ‘Dangerous Liasons’ and offers brilliant viewing for all. It centres around two characters who are the height of popularity in their exclusive private school, a fate achieved by sleeping with the majority of their opposite sex class mates. Sleeping your way to the top if you like! The cast… Katherine – ...
...than ‘Buffy’ blonde. She is a manipulative man-eater and will do anything to get one over on the male of the species. An underhanded character that you will love and hate at the same time. Sebastian – Ryan Phillippe plays the male leader, who uses his looks and smooth talk to sleep his way through most of Manhattan. His reputation for getting the ladies into bed makes him a ‘legend’ at school. However he has become bored ...

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Cruel Intentions, one of my best films of all time! I watched this just the other night and i still never get tired of it as the performances from all the actors are extremely powerful. My favorite is of course by Sarah Michelle Gellar (who would of guessed? lol) mainly because i love her in Buffy but in this her character is a whole lot different. Katherine, (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is Sabastians (Ryan Phillippe)step sister. They work as a team ...
...recommend everyone to watch either Cruel Intentions or any other film including these amazing actors. Everyone knows i love Sarah Michelle Gellar in Buffy, but as i have mentioned before, her character in this is completely different. Instead of being the good girl who fights the evil, she basically is evil herself in this. Although this is a fantastic film, i wouldn't recommend this to viewers under the age of 16. I am 14 and watch alot of over ...

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If you’ve seen Dangerous Liaisons, well this is a camp reworking of that., set in the upper east side of New York. But instead of John Malkovich and Glenn Close with Ryan Philippe and Sarah Michelle Gellar (not bad if I do say so myself) as spoilt, rich brother and sister plotting the deflowering of all those around them… but then Philippe falls for one of his victims. It’s There’s some priceless bitchy dialogue: Gellar makes a bet – if she wins, ...

yagasat 09.07.2000 · Read full review
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...one of my favourite films. Even small characters are excellent such as Joshua Jackson whose character is innovative and very funny!It's a joy to watch, and although i've seen that Cruel Intentions 2 is coming out i definately wouldn't bother with it unless u'r just curious after the first one! ...

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