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Cruel Intentions (1999)

Two wealthy step-siblings of an elite Manhattan prep school make a wager: to de-flower the new headmaster's daughter before the start of term.

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Storyline

Kathry Mertieul and Sebastian Valmont are seductive, manipulative step-siblings who get what they want when they want it. Kathryn makes a bet with Sebastian: Sebastian must bed Annette, the headmaster of their school's daughter, before the end of summer break. Annette has stated that she would wait until love and marriage to sleep with a man. If Kathryn wins, she gets Sebastian's vintage 1959 Jaguar Roadster. If Sebastian wins, he gets Kathryn, the only girl he knows he'll never have. Also in play is Cecil, a naïve girl whose mother had enlisted Kathryn to help her fit in at her new school. However, Kathryn (with Sebastian's help) plans to ruins Cecil's reputation as revenge on Kat's ex-boyfriend, who left her for Cecil.

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They're old enough to know better, but too young to care. See more »

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Drama | Romance

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Release Date:

10 June 1999 (Netherlands)  »

Also Known As:

Eiskalte Engel  »

Box Office

Budget:

$10,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$13,020,565 (USA) (5 March 1999)

Gross:

£4,080,631 (UK) (13 August 1999)
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Did You Know?

Trivia

When Sebastian is handing Kathryn the Seventeen magazine to read. On the cover is Jennifer Love Hewitt who previously stared with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillipi from I know what you did Last Summer from 2 years previously. See more »

Goofs

Blaine's pile of marijuana changes size between shots. See more »

Quotes

Kathryn: Introduce her to your world of sex, drugs and... what else do you do?
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Connections

Featured in I Love the '90s: Part Deux: 1999 (2005) See more »

Soundtracks

You Could Make a Killing
Written and Performed by Aimee Mann
Courtesy of DGC Records
Under license from Universal Music Special Markets
Published by Aimee Mann
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Wonderfully twisted.
8 January 1999 | by (Houston, Texas) – See all my reviews

I have recently seen the movie "Cruel Intentions," and let me say it is one of the best films I've seen in a long while. As a big movie buff, I always see the latest movies on opening night, but I got a chance to see this one months before it will be released. Sarah Michelle Gellar is a stunning actress, and portrays Kathryn extremely well. Her character is evil and cunning, and is delivered with such grace and perfection... Ryan Phillippe is excellent as well, and he portrays Sebastian Valmont with as much talent as the lovely Ms. Gellar. They work very well together, as they did in their last movie together, "I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER"

Reese Witherspoon gives a nice performance as well, and Selma Blair's acting is worthy of as much recognition as Ms. Gellar's.

Anyway, I should stop ranting about the cast... the story is a great update of "Dangerous Liaisons," with a perfect mix of satire, wit, and drama. Writer Roger Kumble certainly has a sick sense of humor, and I applaud him for that. This is the most beautiful, wicked film since "Wild Things," and though that may not impress some people, oh well. I thought it was incredible.


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