Cruel Intentions (DVD)

One of my favorite films, its a pleasure to review. If you are looking for a clever, mature, and sophisticated teen film, look no further. A quick note- this film is rated 15. There is no nudity (apart from a very beautiful bottom, but the film is littered with profanities, and sexual references. Background. ~~~~~~~~ "Cruel Intentions" was based upon the 1782 novel "Les Liasons dangereuses" by by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. The original novel was about the Marquise de Merteuil, and the Vicomte de Valmont, who get off on playing strange power games with innocent people. The book has been ...  Read the complete review

Cruel Intentions had won me over from the start with "Every Me, Every You" by Placebo as the opening track. We meet Sebastian Valmont a young man who is extremely wealthy and arrogant. He seduces women for fun and then discards them as a sort of game and even uses seduction as a weapon as we see when we meet him first, as he leaves the office of an angry psychiatrist who has been over charging. His step-sister, Kathryn, is not dissimilar. When we first meet her she is in a meeting with a mother of a girl who is just entering the school Kathryn is head-girl of. They are all clearly of New York's upper class of the Upper-East side. Kathryn agrees to ...  Read the complete review

I absolutely adore the mix of passion, deciet and love in this film. It is a very cruel combination, which i believe is the reason for such an unfortunate outcome. It really is like a 90s version of Gossip Girl the main protagonist sharing many qualities and simalarties with Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick). It features Reese Witherspoon (who is pregnant at the time) Ryan Phillipe and Sarah Michelle Gellar as the three main characters during this film. Sebastien (Phillipe) the main protagonist, is a rich young player living in the Upper East Side of New York, with his spoilt drug addict sister Kathryn. They are both highly manipulative characters, and for most of the ...  Read the complete review

When I was younger and to be honest did not really understand the true value of money I used to waste so much money by going to the cinema to see a film several times just because me and my friends had nothing else to do. Cruel intentions was one of those films and we saw it at the cinema a grand total of seven times which at just over £5 a ticket is a ridiculous amount. I watched it again the other day and remembered exactly why I thought it was so good. ----- The Film: The film starts with a therapy session in which Sebastian Valmont is expressing his trouble with women and basically getting over the fact that he wants to meet a nice ...  Read the complete review

I don't really like teen movies. Generally I try to avoid them but I find this one remarkably watchable. As far as teen movies go its one of the best. You could never call having spoilt, manipulative leading characters a safe option but that's what Cruel Intentions does and manages to make it work. Ryan Phillippe is Sebastian and Sarah Michelle Gellar is Kathryn. They are step-siblings who are about to enter their final year of school. Kathryn is student body president and manages to keep up the constant pretence that she is nice, sensible and chaste. She is actually The Bitch of the Upper East Side. Sebastian makes no real secret of his personality ...  Read the complete review