Yalini
12 months
ago
Sarah Michelle gellar is like...DA VILLIAN
Aaron Jones
2 years
ago
Stays in its lane – fun a a bit trite. Watchable. Could be a cult film if more saw it.
Natalie
over 4 years
ago
didnt care for the relationship between sebastian/anette but fun to watch nonetheless
Robyn Hamilton
over 4 years
ago
Stylish and deliciously trite, a must see.
Jane Kenney
6 years
ago
Love, deception, innocence and the world of making love.
Randi Steers
6 years
ago
An amazing modern adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuses. 'Cruel' describes it perfectly.
Mike Martinez
over 6 years
ago
A great retelling of dangerous liaisons!!!
Andrew Preston
over 6 years
ago
The scheming gets less impressive once you've played a few rounds of mafia.
Alexandra Nt Lampost
over 6 years
ago
Amazing story about falling in love but the ending was so sad. Still a must watch.
Kakra
almost 7 years
ago
5/10
Fernando Olivas
almost 7 years
ago
Oddly enough to say: Sarah Michelle Gellar makes this movie.
Lizzie
over 7 years
ago
Not what I expected. Not even worth seeing Ryan Phillippe. Don't waste your time.
Cruel Intentions is a 1999 American drama film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair. The film is an adaptation of the 18th-century French epistolary novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Laclos and is set among wealthy teenagers living in modern New York City.
The film started as an independent film with a small budget, and was later picked up by Columbia Pictures. It was released on March 5, 1999 and was followed by two direct-to-video films: a prequel, Cruel Intentions 2, and a sequel, Cruel Intentions 3.
The wealthy and popular Kathryn Merteuil (Gellar) takes the sheltered and naïve Cecile Caldwell (Blair) under her wing, promising to turn Cecile into a model student. Kathryn's real intention, however, is to take revenge on her ex-lover, who dumped her. Kathryn asks her step-brother, Sebastian Valmont (Phillippe) to seduce Cecile; he refuses. He is planning to seduce dedicated virgin Annette Hargrove (Witherspoon). Doubting Sebastian's...