Cruel Intentions (1999)

Movie"In the game of seduction, there is only one rule: Never fall in love."
Audience Score
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R 1 hr 38 minMar 5th, 1999Romance, DramaCruel Intentions Collection PosterPart of Cruel Intentions Collection
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.
StarringRyan PhillippeSarah Michelle GellarReese Witherspoon
DirectorRoger Kumble

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:March 5th, 1999 - Buy Tickets
On DVD & Blu-ray:August 3rd, 1999 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$10,500,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$76,347,426 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Michael Fottrell
Production Companies:Columbia Pictures, Newmarket Capital Group, Original Film, Neal H. Moritz Productions
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Movie Tags:
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Cruel Intentions Collection

Cruel Intentions is a 1999 American teen romantic drama film written and directed by Roger Kumble and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair. The film is an adaptation of the novel Les Liaisons dangereuses, written by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos in 1782, but set among wealthy teenagers attending high school in New York City instead of 18th-century France. The film started as a smaller budget independent film, but was picked up by Columbia Pictures and released on March 5, 1999. Despite mixed critical reviews, the performances of Gellar, Philippe, and Witherspoon were praised. Cruel Intentions was a box office success, earning $76 million and spawning two further films, both direct-to-video.