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Cruel Intentions is a 1999 American drama film starring Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar,
Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair. The movie is a comedic and dramatic appropriation of the
18th-century French epistolary novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Laclos, but unlike other modern
film versions of the novel set in the France of that time (such as Dangerous Liaisons and Valmont).

Cruel Intentions is set among the wealthy teenagers living in modern New York City. The plot is
mainly driven by a bet held between the two main characters, and it heavily involves manipulation,
seduction, and love in a rich and sophisticated socially elite youth atmosphere. The film started as
an independent film with a much smaller budget, and was later picked up by Columbia Pictures. The film
was released on March 5, 1999. It was later followed by two direct-to-video films: a prequel, Cruel
Intentions 2, and a sequel, Cruel Intentions 3.

Plot

Kathryn Merteuil (Sarah Michelle Gellar), the image of social perfection, takes the sheltered and naïve
Cecile Caldwell (Selma Blair) under her wing, promising to turn Cecile into a model student like herself.
Kathryn's real intention, however, is to take revenge on Court Reynolds, her ex-lover, who dumped her for
Cecile. She intends to corrupt Cecile by getting her to sleep with as many men as possible, thereby
destroying her reputation and teaching Court a lesson.


She asks for the help of her womanizing step-brother, Sebastian Valmont (Ryan Phillippe). Though Kathryn
and Sebastian have collaborated in schemes of manipulation before, he initially refuses. He is busy planning
another "conquest", the beautiful Annette Hargrove (Reese Witherspoon), a girl who has published a manifesto
saying that she plans to keep her virginity intact until she is in love.

Kathryn does not think Sebastian has a chance with Annette, so they make a wager. If Kathryn wins, she gets
Sebastian's vintage Jaguar, a 1956 XK140 Roadster; if Sebastian wins, she offers him a night of passion with
her, as Kathryn knows she is the only girl Sebastian cannot bed. Sebastian initially rejects this deal, being
very enamored of his car, but relents when Kathryn ups the ante, telling him that he can "put it anywhere."

Ronald Clifford (Sean Patrick Thomas), Cecile's music teacher for the summer, is also smitten with Cecile,
and Kathryn makes arrangements for Ronald and Cecile to spend time together, hoping that he will take Cecile's
virginity.

Sebastian, meanwhile, has a hard time seducing Annette. Though they have chemistry, she sees right through him
and rejects his advances. Sebastian learns that Annette has been forewarned of his libertine ways by none other
than Cecile's mother, Mrs. Caldwell (Christine Baranski). Wanting revenge, he joins Kathryn in her plans to corrupt
Cecile.

Kathryn engineers Ronald's break-up with Cecile by informing Mrs. Caldwell of their flirtations; Mrs. Caldwell
quickly ends their affair. Sebastian, in turn, calls Cecile to his house, ostensibly to give her a letter from
Ronald. Once at his house, Sebastian blackmails Cecile and performs oral sex on her. The next day, Cecile confides
in Kathryn, who advises her to learn the art of sex from Sebastian so that she can make Ronald happy in bed.

Meanwhile, Sebastian genuinely begins to fall in love with Annette, who returns his feelings but still keeps her
defenses up. Sebastian declares that Annette is a hypocrite, waiting for love but refusing to sleep with the guy
that loves her. Confused and beaten by Sebastian's logic, Annette relents - but Sebastian, now feeling guilty,
refuses her. Heartbroken and embarrassed, Annette flees his aunt's estate. Sebastian tracks her down and professes
his love, and they consummate their feelings.

Kathryn offers herself to Sebastian the next day, since he has won the bet, but he refuses; his romantic focus is now
on Annette. Swayed by Kathryn's threat to ruin Annette's reputation, Sebastian coldly breaks up with Annette and returns
to Kathryn. Kathryn, however, now refuses to sleep with him. After Sebastian tells Kathryn that he has arranged for Cecile
and Ronald to be together, Kathryn reveals that she has known all along that he was truly in love with Annette, yet she
manipulated him to give it up. While Sebastian may have initially won the bet, she made him lose his first true love, and
she (Kathryn) does not sleep with "losers."

Sebastian realizes his mistake. After trying unsuccessfully to talk to Annette, he sends her his journal, in which he has
detailed all his previous "conquests" but written his true feelings for Annette, hoping she will learn the truth for herself
and forgive him.

Kathryn, meanwhile, informs Ronald of Sebastian's affair with Cecile; Kathryn also claims that Sebastian had hit her (in a
deleted scene Sebastian does hit her). A furious Ronald confronts Sebastian in the middle of the street and a fight ensues.
Annette, in search of Sebastian, comes upon the fight and tries to stop it. She is thrown into the way of an oncoming cab.
Sebastian pushes her to safety and is hit by the speeding cab himself. Annette rushes to his side. Before he dies, he
professes his love for her, and she reciprocates.

The new school year is inaugurated with Sebastian's funeral. During the service, Kathryn gives a self-important speech to
the school about how she had unsuccessfully tried to get Sebastian to mend his ways and become a model student like herself.
Halfway through her speech, students start walking out. Flustered, Kathryn rushes outside the chapel, where Cecile is
distributing copies of Sebastian's journal (entitled "Cruel Intentions") to all the students. The journal shows all of
Sebastian's inner thoughts: his conquests, his description of the bet, and a page on Kathryn, which finally exposes her
manipulative and deceitful ways, including the fact that she hides a vial of cocaine in a crucifix she wears in the rosary
beads around her wrist. The headmaster takes Kathryn's crucifix and opens it, spilling the cocaine. Kathryn's spotless
reputation is destroyed, and people finally see her for the troubled, callous mastermind that she is.

In the final shot, Annette drives away in Sebastian's Jaguar, putting his sunglasses on, with his journal by her side, with
The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony" playing during the closing credits.

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar as Kathryn Merteuil

Ryan Phillippe as Sebastian Valmont

Reese Witherspoon as Annette Hargrove

Selma Blair as Cecile Caldwell

Louise Fletcher as Helen Rosemond

Swoosie Kurtz as Dr. Greenbaum

Sean Patrick Thomas as Ronald Clifford

Christine Baranski as Bunny Caldwell

Joshua Jackson as Blaine Tuttle

Eric Mabius as Greg McConnell

Tara Reid as Marci Greenbaum

Charlie O'Connell as Court Reynolds

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