| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Jamey Hughton |
| Starring-Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe,
Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair
Director-Roger Kumble
Rated 14A
Released February 1999
Sony
Reviewed August 1999 more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Fontaine Lien |
| I'll admit that I'm pleasantly surprised by the
completely wicked movie that is "Cruel
Intentions." I expected it to have a lot more
sex, money, and corruption. A lewd, "Wild
Things"-ish movie that knows its place.
Unexpectedly, the movie actually had...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by David Wilcock |
| The new brat packers continue to hit the screens with his updating of
Dangerous Liasons, which was last seen on the screen starring Jeremy Irons
and Glenn Close. Now we get Geller and Phillippe in the starring roles,
which is certainly 'different,' and...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by SaiTiau |
| I'll admit that I'm pleasantly surprised by the completely wicked movie
that is "Cruel Intentions." I expected it to have a lot more sex, money, and
corruption. A lewd, "Wild Things"-ish movie that knows its place.
Unexpectedly, the movie actually had...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by A. Estey |
| I never understood what the cliché "Hell on Earth" truly meant
until very recently. I've just never experienced anything in my life
which was so terrifying, so horrible, so monstrously deplorable that
it justified being termed as "Hell on Earth". After...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Jamie Peck |
| CRUEL INTENTIONS
Reviewed by Jamie Peck
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Rating: *** (out of ****)
Columbia / 1:36 / 1999 / R (language, sexual dialogue/situations,
fleeting violence, brief nudity, drugs)
Cast:...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Matt Williams |
| Coderelos De Laclos' novel Les Liasons Dangereuses has been adapted
several times before, and into better movies than Cruel Intentions.
However, this latest adaptation is perhaps the most inventive, and
certainly holds its own against the current glut of...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Adam Estey |
| I never understood what the cliché "Hell on Earth" truly meant
until very recently. I've just never experienced anything in my life
which was so terrifying, so horrible, so monstrously deplorable that
it justified being termed as "Hell on Earth". After...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Scott J. Promish |
| CRUEL INTENTIONS is the latest film adaptation of the novel 'Les Liasons
Dangereuses.' Instead of playing it straight in its historical context
(like 'Dangerous Liaisons' (1988) or 'Valmont' (1989)), however, the story
here involves modern day high...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Luke Buckmaster |
| CRUEL INTENTIONS
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma
Blair, Christine Baranski, Joshua Jackson
Director: Roger Kumble
Screenplay: Roger Kumble, suggested by "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by
Choderlos de Laclos
Reviewed by...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Danielle Flynn |
| Summary:
Rather than the typical Hollywood pattern of promoting promiscuous, immoral
people as accredited examples we can follow, they have broken out of the
corrupt mold of filmmaking and have promoted them as nothing more than
promiscuous, immoral...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by James Brundage |
| What have horror movies taught us? I guess they have taught us what we
already know, that diluting the same idea that may have at one point been
good isn't a good idea. Think of it. All of the franchises, with the
exception of Scream, which is...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by ram Samudrala |
| /Cruel Intentions/ is the latest teen exploitation film based on the
1782 novel /Les Liasons Dangeruses/ by Choderlos De Laclo. It's a
great piece of eye candy; nothing more, nothing less. more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Craig Roush |
| Release Date: March 5, 1999
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon,
Selma Blair, Joshua Jackson, Sean Patrick Thomas, Tara Reid
Directed by: Roger Kumble
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Entertainment
MPAA...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Matt Prigge |
| Director: Roger Krumble
Writer: Roger Krumble (based on the novel "Les Liasons Dangereuses" by
Cholderos de Laclos)
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon,
Selma Blair, Joshua Jackson, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eric Mabius,...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| Before she found widespread recognition as TV's vampire-slaying heroine
Buffy Summers, Sarah Michelle Gellar first made quite a different name for
herself on the ABC's _All_My_Children_. In her two-and-a-half year,
1993-1995 stint on the daytime drama,...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Michael Redman |
| At times, especially the eerily quiet early morning hours, when
working on a project at home, I'll have the television on next to my
computer. Usually I'll slip in a "Northern Exposure" or "Seinfeld"
tape that I've seen a dozen times before. Since I know...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Berge Garabedian |
| The plot of this film was apparently "suggested by" the French novel, Les
Liaisons Dangereuses, but unlike its three previous cinematic predecessors,
this one decides to stick some beautiful young men and women into its
presentation, with plenty of...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Homer Yen |
| Have you ever been so rich that the hardest thing in life was to find
new ways of entertaining yourself? Forget about boring plays or
humdrum sports spectacles. These venues are just the imagination of
someone else’s world. When you’re incredibly rich...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| Columbia Pictures, in their infinite wisdom, probably think they have
found just the right high concept movie with CRUEL INTENTIONS to bring
in those plentiful teen dollars. They have made another film adaptation
of the French novel, "Les Liaisons...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Dustin Putman |
| Directed by Roger Kumble.
Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon, Selma
Blair, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eric Mabius, Joshua Jackson, Christine
Baranski, Swoosie Kurtz, Louise Fletcher, Tara Reid.
1999 - 97 minutes
Rated R (for...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by James Sanford |
| On the surface, a teen version of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" sounds
like it might be workable. After all, Hollywood managed to transplant
Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire" to Los Angeles and sell it as "City of
Angels," so why shouldn't writer-director...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Christopher Null |
| CRUEL INTENTIONS
A film review by Christopher Null
Copyright 1999 Christopher Null
filmcritic.com more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Nathaniel R. Atcheson |
| Director: Roger Kumble
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma
Blair, Christine Baranski, Joshua Jackson
Screenplay: Roger Kumble
Producers: Neal H. Moritz
Runtime: 90 min.
US Distribution: Columbia
Rated R: sex,...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| Susan Granger's review of "CRUEL INTENTIONS" (Columbia Pictures)
Writer/director Roger Kumble has transposed Choderlos de
Laclos's 18th century French novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," which
became a movie called "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988), into...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Edward Johnson-ott |
| Cruel Intentions (1999)
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair,
Louise Fletcher, Joshua Jackson, Eric Mabius, Sean Patrick Thomas,
Swoosie Kurtz, Christine Baranski. Written by Roger Kumble, suggested by
Choderlos De...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Bob Bloom |
| Cruel Intentions (1999) 3 stars out of 4. Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar,
Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair. Written and directed by
Roger Kumble. more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| CRUEL INTENTIONS
(Columbia)
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon, Selma
Blair, Joshua Jackson, Sean Patrick Thomas, Christine Baranski.
Screenplay: Roger Kumble, suggested by "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by
Choderlos De...more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Akiva Gottlieb |
| Cruel Intentions *1/2
rated R
starring Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon, Selma
Blair, Joshua Jackson
based on the novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Choderlos de Laclos
written and directed by Roger Kumble more |
| Cruel Intentions Review |
| by Seth Bookey |
| The prospect of seeing a teenage version of *Dangerous Liaisons* gave me
two expectations: crap or pleasant surprise. I viewed the exact opposite
of both. Well-produced and the unpleasant surprise of homophobia marketed
to America's teens. Just what we...more |
