Cruel Intentions (1999)
Prednji omot Glumci Zadnji omot
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Ryan Phillippe
Reese Witherspoon
Robin Dunne Sebastian
Keri Lynn Pratt Tiffany Merte-Valmont
Amy Adams Kathryn Merte
Sarah Thompson
Movie Details
Žanr Krimić; Drama; Romantični
Režija Roger Kumble
Producent Neal H. Moritz; Roger Kumble
Pisac Roger Kumble
Studio Columbia / TriStar
Jezik English
Ocjena publike R (Restricted)
Trajanje 90 mins
Zemlja USA
Boja Color
Sadržaj
This modern-day teen update of Les Liaisons Dangereuses suffered at the hands of both critics and moviegoers thanks to its sumptuous ad campaign, which hyped the film as an arch, highly sexual, faux-serious drama (not unlike the successful, Oscar-nominated Dangerous Liaisons). In fact, this intermittently successful sudser plays like high comedy for its first two-thirds, as its two evil heroes, rich stepsiblings Kathryn (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Sebastian (Ryan Phillippe), blithely ruin lives and reputations with hearts as black as coal. Kathryn wants revenge on a boyfriend who dumped her, so she befriends his new intended, the gawky Cecile (Selma Blair), and gets Sebastian to deflower the innocent virgin. The meat of the game, though, lies in Sebastian's seduction of good girl Annette (a down-to-earth Reese Witherspoon), who's written a nationally published essay entitled "Why I Choose to Wait." If he fails, Kathryn gets his precious vintage convertible; if he wins, he gets Kathryn--in the sack. When the movie sticks to the merry ruination of Kathryn and Sebastian's pawns, it's highly enjoyable: Gellar in particular is a two-faced manipulator extraordinaire, and Phillippe, usually a black hole, manages some fun as a hipster Eurotrash stud. Most pleasantly surprising of all is Witherspoon, who puts a remarkably self-assured spin on a character usually considered vulnerable and tortured (see Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Liaisons). Unfortunately, writer-director Roger Kumble undermines everything he's built up with a false ending that's true to neither the reconceived characters nor the original story--revenge is a dish best served cold, not cooked up with unnecessary plot twists. --Mark Englehart
Personal Details
Pogledao No
Index 122
U kolekciji Yes
Product Details
Format VCD
Regija DVD Region 1
Format prikaza Widescreen 1.78:1 Color
Standard 1.33:1 Color
Layers Dual side, Single layer
UPC 043396048270
Chapters 28
Izašao na DVD 2003
Pakiranje Keep Case
Audio format ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
Broj CD-a 1
Extra dodaci
Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby