Cruel Intentions

– Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower the..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 37 Minutes
Release Year:
1999
Cruel Intentions (1999)

Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kathryn. But if he loses, Kathryn will claim his most prized possession.

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Producing Country:
USA
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Cruel Intentions (1999) - Trailer

Release Date:

05 Mar 1999

Language:

English, Vietnamese, French

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Roger Kumble

Writer:

Choderlos de Laclos (novel), Roger Kumble (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair

Plot:

Kathryn Merteuil 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, daughter of the headmaster at their school, 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 Cecile, 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 ruin Cecile's reputation as revenge on Kat's ex-boyfriend, who left her for Cecile.

Awards:

7 wins & 14 nominations.

Production:

Columbia Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
54%
Metacritic:
56%