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Article: The Family Filmgoer
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- March 5, 1999
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CRUEL INTENTIONS (R, 111 minutes)
A lush, tragicomic fantasy about bored Park Avenue teens engaging
in sexual gamesmanship, "Cruel Intentions" succeeds remarkably well
as entertainment and in remaining true to its classy source material,
which includes the 18th-century French novel "Les Liaisons
Dangereuses." High-schoolers will want to see "Cruel Intentions,"
especially with idols Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe in the
leads. The level of sexual explicitness doesn't begin to push the R
envelope, but the movie is steamy, and the two central characters are
cynical, mean and promiscuous -- not appropriate material for younger
teens. The rating reflects frequent profanity, strong ...
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