Article: The Family Filmgoer

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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