Cruel Intentions
1999
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Cruel Intentions is a 1999 American teen romantic drama film written and directed by Roger Kumble and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair. The film is a modern retelling of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos ' 1782 novel Les Liaisons dangereuses , set in New York City among rich high schoolers.
- $10.5 million
- Edward Shearmur
- March 5, 1999
- Neal H. Moritz
Bickering step-siblings together quietly control much of the social lives of the students in an affluent NY prep school. Sebastian sees himself as a kind of Don Juan, who always gets his woman, while Katherine would rather enact revenge on ex-flames and corrupt incoming freshmen. One day, Kathryn and Sebastian, driven by a mutual lust for each ...
Mar 27, 2019 Full Review Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times Cruel Intentions is a stretch for all concerned, including the targeted audience, one that pays off handsomely--and works for older ...
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- Sarah Michelle Gellar
A list of the full cast and crew members who worked on the 1999 film Cruel Intentions, directed by Roger Kumble and based on the novel by Choderlos de Laclos. See the names, roles, and photos of the actors, writers, producers, composers, and more.
Cruel Intentions. Annette (Reese Witherspoon) unwittingly becomes a pawn in Sebastian's (Ryan Phillippe) and Kathryn's (Sarah Michelle Gellar) deliciously diabolical wager of sexual conquest when she writes an article in Seventeen Magazine about how she intends to stay pure until she marries her boyfriend. However, Sebastian gets more than he ...
Mar 5, 1999 · A modern-day version of "Dangerous Liaisons,'' with rich kids in a prep school playing roles that were written for jaded French aristocrats. The film stars Ryan Phillippe, a slinky schemer, and Sarah Michelle Gellar, a minx who urges him to conquer Cecile, a virginal girl. The movie is smart and merciless in its frank language and forthright approach to sex, but also has a soppy moralistic ending.
