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I'm baffled why anyone, save the most mentally impaired, would choose to watch this movie when the far superior (in every conceivable way) "Dangerous Liaisons" is available. The actors are pretty to look at but their acting is so poor (especially from the unforgivable Ryan Phillpe), one is forced to ask the eternal question, "Why?!"
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For a movie on a really tight budget, using (at the time) B list talent, this one's done well. Les Liaisons Dangereuse is the precursor text, and updating it to late 20th century Manhattan does not damage the story at all -- the societies (pre-Revolutionary France and modern urban-extravagant culture) are eerily similar.
The production values are high, the talent is well cast and works well within their roles, and the script is pretty solid. For a teen targeted puff piece of film, this one turned out to attract the attention of others.
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This movie was ok and the blue ray was good but I don't think I would recommend you buy it. You may want to see it but I would not go to the expense of buying a movie that I think I will only want to watch the one time.
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Amazon has already provided the plot so I won't rehash the details here. The surprise is in the actors. When actors will be measured against Faye Dunaway, John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer they better be pretty damn good. To my great shock Sarah Michelle Geller, Reese Witherspoon, and Ryan Phillipe prove up to the task. They may not be quite as interesting as the more sophisticated cast of the older movie but they are very, very impressive. Sarah Michelle Geller. in particular, is a revelation. I would not have believed that she could play a role this nuanced, and this unlikable, with complete conviction. But she succeeds totally as the serpentine enitity who encourages the corruption in everyone around her.
Witherspoon is the "good girl" but she is smart and strong and eventually turns the tables on the Geller character with grim determination.
Phillipe is surprisingly effect as the upperclass preppie romeo/who is a completely repulsive character until he finds redemption by revealing himself in all his spiritual ugliness to the one he loves.
I think this movie was more interesting because I had seen the older film. I would strongly suggest getting both to heighten your enjoyment of each version of the story.
Parenthetically, Geller was exceptionally alluring in this project, a quality that I never saw in her other work.
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Cruel Intentions is a movie you have to see to believe. Sarah Michelle Gellar has never been more bitchy and Reese Witherspoon has never been more pure. Both of these beauties bring strength and humor to their roles and Ryan Philippe became a heartthrob after this movie was released, although he doesn't quite have much range as an actor then. This film is all about playing wicked games on the innocent which is Witherspoon's character, secrets come out and vengence is seeked. This film is sorta campy but very enjoyable. Can you say guilty pleasure? This is a must-see. Enjoy!
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