Cruel Intentions
Cruel Intentions is a 1999 American teen romantic drama film written and directed by Roger Kumble, and starring Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair. The film, set in New York City among rich high schoolers, is a modern retelling of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 1782 novel Les Liaisons dangereuses.
Plot
In New York City, wealthy teenager Sebastian Valmont regularly manipulates and seduces women, but seeks someone who poses a challenge to his charm. He settles on Annette Hargrove—the daughter of his new school headmaster—who is staunchly opposed to sex before falling in love. Sebastian and his equally manipulative stepsister, the intelligent and popular Kathryn Merteuil, agree to a bet: if Sebastian fails to seduce Annette then Kathryn gets his vintage Jaguar XK140; if he wins Kathryn will finally have sex with him. Kathryn tries to recruit Sebastian into her own scheme to take revenge on her ex-boyfriend Court Reynolds, who left her because of her promiscuity and began dating the naive and innocent Cecile Caldwell.
More details
| author | Roger Kumble |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Roger Kumble |
| editor | Jeff Freeman |
| events | cabal high society human sexuality incest role virginity |
| genre | drama romance |
| keywords | claim closeted homosexual cruel intentions date drug abuse falling in love jaguar xk140 kathryn merteuil love letter music teacher new school nothing oral sex second chance true love undress want wound write |
| musicBy | Edward Shearmur |
| producer | Neal H. Moritz |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures Newmarket Capital Group Original Film |
| publisher | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| recordedAt | Long Island New York City Toronto |
| theme | high school romantic drama teen drama teen romance |