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3/4
It was deliciously cruel!
MovieAddict - wrote on 02/19/2012
Kathryn and Sebastian are two spoiled, bored rich kids who play with people's lives. When Kathryn makes a bet with Sebastian that he can't seduce innocent blonde virginal Annette Hargrove (Reese Witherspoon), Sebastian considers this a real challenge. If Kathryn wins, she gets to keep Sebastian's hot little 1956 Jaguar Roadster, and if Sebastian wins, he then gets to sleep with Katherine, something he has obsessed about ever since their parents got married. Their sadistic game begins to falter when Sebastian starts falling in love with Annette, and Kathryn realizes she has gone a little too far. Selma Blair played the naïve Cecile who was not directly involved with the bet however she ended up getting caught in the web and pulled into the story. The plot unravels as it must, fittingly …
Rating of
4/4
Intentional Cruelty
DivineTragedy92 - wrote on 05/30/2010
Directed by Roger Kumble
Starring Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Joshua Jackson, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eric Mabius
If you want a clever, smart, and wickedly sexy film with a bunch of extremely attractive people, then this film is for you. Cruel Intentions follows a seductive but scandalous young man named Sebastian Valmont who makes a deal with his ruthless step-sister, Kathryn. If he can bed Annette, a virgin girl who believes it is important to wait until she finds true love, then Sebastian will get what he has long desired. Sex with Kathryn.
This film has a simple premise but it's so well written and flawlessly acted that it quickly becomes so much more than a mere dirty-minded sex comedy. Sure it has it's share of dirty humor and bad …
