Cruel Intentions (1999)
Before there was Gossip Girl or the Clique novels, there was Kathryn Merteuil and Sebastian Valmont - step-siblings who lord over and play with the lives of all the students at Manhattan's Manchester Prep. Sebastian bets that he can seduce Annette, a virgin who has made public her decision to wait until love. Between his quest and Kathryn's scheming destruction of a rival, teenage plotting has never been so delightfully evil. Sarah Michelle Gellar may be Buffy forever in my head, but her Kathryn is about as far away from the blond Slayer as you can get. It's a little sad now to see Ryan Phillipe (Sebastian) and Reese Witherspoon (Annette) in the movie where they met. Based on the novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
My Netflix rating: 4 stars
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