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Summary: better than the best and much more than rest
Review: this dvd sill satisfy all your entertainment needs and more. it is funny sexy and incredibly interesting. If this was a book it would be a definite page turner.
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Summary: it was an excellent movie
Review: this was an excellent movie i enjoyed it i wish it was out on video right now because i would be the first to but it!
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Summary: Lots Of Fun But Slowed Down
Review: Cruel Intentions is a great movie. It's very funny, tragic and sometimes thrilling. The ending needs a bit of tweaking and it was actually kind of disappointing but it picked up the pace with that excellent epilogue. When it was intense, it was intense. Probably the sexiest movie of the year. Great music too. Lots of fun when it was but it did slow down a bit after the 2nd half. Still check it out.
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Summary: A cool twist on Dangerous Liasons
Review: I thought the movie was great! If a movie can get teenagers interested in classic literature, it's great. I thought it stayed true to Dangerous Liasons, it just modernized it. In a word- fun!
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Summary: Cruel Intentions...
Review: Cruel Intentions is a GREAT movie. It is sexy, witty, and thrilling. It is highly reccommended, and so is this Special Edition DVD (it has very good special feautires). If you liked this movie I would recommend "Dangerous Liaisons", which was made in 1988 and won 5 Academy Awards. Cruel Intentions is based on that movie, but they were all originally based on "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" which is a very popular classic book!
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Summary: A hate crime
Review: This is the most viciously homophobic movie that I have ever seen. It's incredible. The director should be ashamed; obviously he hates gay people, but he should exercise a little responsibility. I can only imagine the number of gay teen suicides this movie has caused.
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Summary: Sleazy Intentions; Horrid Result
Review: Hailed as the modern day version of "Dangerous Liaisons", "Cruel Intentions" failed miserably with audiences and critics alike for the hopes of a sleek, sensual update of the classic original. This was merely another teen movie, the only difference being that there are gratuitous sexual references and racy stunts by Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair in their infamous screen kiss, tongues and all. Yes, Ms. Buffy herself is quite a promiscuous deviate as Kathryn Merteuil (think Marquise de Merteuil, played by Glenn Close in the stunning original) in this movie, licking her cocaine spoon and gambling with her high-standing reputation as an irrefutably sound and urbane young lady. Then there's Ryan Phillippe as the lead male, Sebastian Valmont (John Malkovich's role as the self-absorbed Vicomte de Valmont), made immediate family of Kathryn by their parents' marriage. He is a blue-blooded spoiled brat who effortlessly takes advantage of younger impressionable girls and flicks them to the curb with nary a regret. He is a charming cad, charting his territory carefully and fooling everyone with his innocuous and well-mannered guise. Kathryn's and Sebastian's relationship with each other is not quite close to platonic, being that their slight sexual attraction to one another gives the audience the willies. However, they soon make a deal, show their civility in a firm handshake and begin to conspire like brother and sister. This is where the premise of the story begins and it starts with the souring of a doe-eyed ingenue named Cecile Caldwell (de Volanges - Uma Thurman's naive portrayal), played by underground talent Selma Blair. Cecile is a gullible youngster whom Sebastian easily seduces and drags on his invisible chain of habitual deception, only to lose his prospect to another indecent and illusory connoisseur. Sebastian's truly immoral prowess doesn't surface until Kathryn picks his seemingly unobtainable goal: a young virgin named Annette Hargrove (the equivalent to Michelle Pfeiffer's Madame de Tourvel). A firm believer in abstinence before marriage with a nationally published essay to prove it, Annette arrives in town visiting relatives and rooming in their lush mansion whilst Sebastian prowls her chambers, working his black magic to rob her of her only virtue. She proves at first to be resilient and opposing to his magnetic appeal, but like all silly girls, eventually falls prey to his false pretenses. In obtaining the trophy of the contest, Sebastian realizes he's not going for the gold anymore but honestly loving Annette instead. In the end, his pride overwhelms his desire to confess his true feelings. Not only does he suffer the agony of defeat, but ultimately he loses what matters most. The only thing I find redeeming about this movie is its hip soundtrack, featuring artists like Blur, Counting Crows, The Verve, and Skunk Anansie. It blends a great deal of talented artists in the alternative genre, giving this immature film a cool, stylish flow. I also enjoyed watching Joshua Jackson ham it up as the flaming gay acquaintance Blaine Tuttle, prodding a macho, closet-gay boyfriend who insists to his college buddies that he's straight as an ironing board. Well, a straight stick is crooked in the water, and so is the vision for this film on all sides of the mirror, especially in the department of direction. Roger Kumble was obviously masterminding with a pre-pubescent slant when he cast this film because both female leads are nearly adolescent in their appearance, highly attractive and visibly well-endowed. There is also no realism involved in any action of this movie and it's highly suggestive of what he thinks teens crave for an ultimate fantasy lifestyle. Sure, I wouldn't mind owning a '56 Jaguar Roadster, but this film is unrealistic in the way it makes its characters seem superhuman and overly mature. Nobody that age acts like that and never will. It's just not palpable. If you want an honest and true version of 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' with class and sensibility, then opt for Malkovich, Pfeiffer and Close. You definetely won't be smirking when you watch some real adult actors work the camera.
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Summary: Shallow, but somewhat enjoyable
Review: This Americanized version of Dangerous Liasons aimed at the teen crowd is surprisingly funny and enjoyable for about two thirds of it's running time. Ryan Phillipe and Sarah Michelle Gellar are perfectly cast as rich manipulative step-siblings who enjoy ruining people's lives, which for the first half of the film makes it worth watching. The two place a bet when a down to earth virgin (Reese Witherspoon) comes into the picture, and Sebastien (Phillipe), naturally, falls for her. Director/screenwriter Roger Kumble keeps Cruel Intentions rolling along thanks to the antics of Phillipe and Gellar, with Gellar looking the most seductive she's ever looked. However, when Cruel Intentions turns into a by the numbers sappy love story with a just plain lame ending, it almost ruins the film. That aside, the first two thirds of Cruel Intentions is great fun, especially in sub-plots involving other characters (Selma Blair and Eric Mabius), but it's promise is betrayed by it's final acts. Cruel Intentions can't hold a candle to Dangerous Liasons, which is a much better recommendation than this, but if you're looking for a cheap laugh and thrill, this is worth renting.
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Summary: The Ultimate Teen Movie
Review: I'm not sure I would have understood *Dangerous Liasons* when I was a teenager. Fortunately for teenagers today, we have *Cruel Intentions*. Reading the viewers' comments on various websites, it become readily apparent that many people enjoyed this movie more than I did. It's also apparent that many people who wrote the comments are young teenagers, who think Ryan Phillippe is a fabulous actor. I am not among that group, either. Ryan Phillippe is pretty. That is the nicest thing we can say. The film seems so amateurish, it is a shame to waste such a great story on such a minimally talented cast - it comes across with made-for-TV acting quality that can't begin to grasp the nuances of the story. Phillippe's real-life wife, Reese Witherspoon, is somewhat adequate as Annette, the daughter of the school's new headmaster. The reasonably respectable Sarah Michelle Geller tries her hardest to be wicked as Kathryn, but is a little out of her league on the big screen. Selma Blair as Cecile Caldwell is dreadful. Christine Baranski is her usual snippy self, as Cecile's mother, and Swoosie Kurtz is a surprise since she played Cecile's mother in an earlier version. Though with nice production values, the movie still falls into the *Heathers* and *The Craft* sorts of productions - perfectly geared towards their not-very-discriminating audiences who are blinded by their high-style. Not that high-style is meaningless - it just begs for some content to back it up. But I probably would have loved this when I was a teenager, since it was set in a milieu I understood: high school. A glamorous high school, to be sure, swank and private, but still loaded with the deadly vipers and demons that infest every high school - and it would have been more fun to attend, just to watch the manipulations of this clique. This is the promise offered by the movie to all teenagers, and in that respect, it succeeds very well.
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Summary: Very sexy and steamy!
Review: All the backstabbing is very interesting--the change in the character Sebastian from careless and mean to considerate and kind is a focal point of the plot. Sarah Michelle Gellar is such a bad girl that she's fun! And Reese Witherspoon's innocence is a counterpoint to Gellar's dark side--giving the movie a seamy feel that's almost dark irony. I could watch this movie over and over just for the sheer pleasure of watching these bored, bad people do their bored, bad thing . . . until they learn the value of life the hard way! Edgy and dark and soap opera-y, it's fun to see some of these actors when they were younger and before they became super-famous!
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