Cruel Intentions

A detailed Summary of Cruel Intentions

There were a lot of good movies to choose from. I thought long and hard on which movie to choose. Finally, I chose Cruel Intentions. I rented this movie when it first came out on videotape and I really enjoyed watching it. I guess I liked it because it was taken place in my time and my generation. Cruel Intentions is one of many movies made based on the novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Pierre Laclos.

The movie stars Sarah Michelle Gellar who plays Kathryn Merteuil. Ryan Phillipe who plays Sebastian Valmont. Resse Witherspoon who plays Annette Hargrove. The final main character is Selma Blair who plays Cecile Caldwell. The minor characters are Joshua Jackson who plays Blaine Tuttle. Sean Patrick Thomas who plays Ronald Clifford. Christine Baranski who plays Mrs. Caldwell, Cecile's mom. Those are the characters that have some kind of impact on the movie.

The director of the movie was Roger Kumble. Roger Kumble had always been a fan of the original novel and had closely observed its previous incarnations on stage and screen. Kumble had said that he always thought that the novel was timeless and could be remade for a younger audience. Kumble also said that high school kids act the same way as the characters in

During our studies of Romanticism, we studied lots of art and paintings. Some of which were in this film. Some of the paintings we learned about showed love and lust. Love and lust were very important themes of this movie. During class we saw a short clip of the movie Dangerous Liaisons. Cruel Intentions is a newer version of that movie. If you look hard enough, you can actually see some of the paintings, sculptures, and works of art in the movie and realize that you have seen them before. We have seen them in our studies of romanticism.

the novel, so he wanted to make a high school version of the novel.

I have now seen this movie for the third time. I think the movie was well directed and well acted. The director could not find better actors to play the parts. I really enjoyed this movie, not because of Sarah Michelle Gellar and Reese Witherspoon, but because I could relate a little bit to the movie. It also didn't hurt that they were in the movie. Watching people act like them made the movie entertaining, because I seen stuff like this everyday. Just knowing that this could be happening to someone right now makes the movie more interesting. I was rooting for Sebastian, so I was depressed when he died. This movie was an excellent movie and I definitely recommend this movie to anyone who hasn't already seen it. Anyone who has loved before should definitely watch this. Not everyone gets a chance at true love, but if you do, you should grab on to it and never let it go. You might not get a second chance, like Sebastian.

This film is important because it shows two young people who care more about lust then love. By the time love was realized, it was too late. Love is more superior then any feeling and should not be taken lightly. A student in our class should view this film because it shows

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