Cruel Intentions (Film) - TV Tropes. How can someone so charming be so manipulative?—Annette. Descargar: Cruel Intentions (1999) - DVDRip versi Cruel Intentions is a 1999 American teen drama film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair. The film is an adaptation of. Thriller uit Verenigde Staten. Kathryn lijkt het tegenovergestelde van haar stiefbroer, die alleen maar achter de vrouwen aan zit. Full credits for cast and crew, user reviews, quotes, plot summary and numerous other 'Cruel Intentions' resources. Cruel Intentions is the compilation soundtrack to the 1999 film of the same name. The film's soundtrack peaked at #60 on The Billboard 200. Cruel Intentions is a 1999 film about a girl who makes a bet that her step-brother won't be able to bed a virgin, who wants to wait until love. If he loses, she gets. Cruel Intentions is a 1. American drama film written and directed by Roger Kumble. The movie is a comedic and dramatic appropriation of the 1. French epistolary novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Laclos, but unlike other modern film versions of the novel (Dangerous Liaisons) is not set in the France of that time. The story follows a handful of 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, 1. It was later followed by two direct- to- video films: a prequel, Cruel Intentions 2, and a sequel, Cruel Intentions 3. A pilot for a sequel television series set 1. Gellar returning to the role of Kathryn. Abusive Parents: Despite Kathryn's impressive academic record and leadership roles as well as her talents at piano, foreign languages and English vocabulary, her perfectionist mother constantly reminds her daughter what a disappointment she is for failing to live up to her impossibly high expectations. Adaptational Heroism: Sebastian is presented far more sympathetically than his counterpart in the original novel and its adaptations. Adults Are Useless: The teenagers run the show and use their elders as pawns. Authentic Cruel Intentions necklace and stash cross pendants from $79. Handmade in Bali and available for immediate delivery. Keep your snuff hidden with our unique. In the second film, Kathryn and Sebastian's parents are essentially middle- aged versions of their children respectively. Responsible authority figures apparently don't exist in this universe. Age- Inappropriate Dress: Despite only being in high school, Sebastian and Kathryn wear power suits as loungewear. Although, for the Upper East Side in New York City, this is more or less Truth in Television. And let's not even get started on Kathryn's lingerie as daywear. Age Lift: Kathryn and Sebastian's counterparts in the novel were in their 4. A Glass of Chianti: Kathryn holds a glass of champagne while Evil Gloating. Alcoholic Parent: Kathryn refers to Sebastian's . She is the most popular girl in school and regularly abuses the privilege, but she is also a borderline recluse much of the time and confesses to Sebastian that she isn't really happy with her life. Honestly, her desire to want to humiliate other girls is more out of envy than pure sadism. Am I Just a Toy to You?: Inverted. Sebastian tells Annette that she was this when he breaks up with her. She doesn't believe him, because he is visibly trembling and miserable as he says it, but still finds it too painful to stay with him. And Now For Something Completely Different: Watching it today, it's clear that Cruel Intentions is far and away from the typical cheesy teen- pop fare that was common in Hollywood in the late 1. Archnemesis Dad: Edward Valmont and his son Sebastian have a strained relationship even though they're exactly the same. Armoured Closet Gay: Annette's friend Greg plays on the football team and makes himself out to be a heterosexual jock type. Of course he isn't, which is taken advantage of by Sebastian. As You Know: For some reason (i. Kathryn has to remind her stepbrother not only who her ex- boyfriend is, but also that he just dumped her, like, last weekend. Also, this awkward exchange: Sebastian: Nice to see you agan, Mrs. Caldwell: You remember my daughter, Cecile. Batman Cold Open: Sebastian's session with the psychologist to deal with his . Game, set, match. Be a Whore to Get Your Man: Kathryn literally tells Cecile to do this. The Bet: The whole plot revolves around a bet two step siblings make. Kathryn promises she will sleep with Sebastian only if he manages to sleep with Annette (the headmaster's daughter) before school begins. Sebastian ends up falling in love with Annette instead. Betty and Veronica: Sebastian must choose between his affections for the sweet, blonde Annette and the cruel, dark- haired Kathryn. This is reversed in the prequel where Kathryn is an icy blonde and Danielle is a warm brunette and then subverted in the plot twist at the end when Danielle reveals that she's really just like Kathryn. Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Kathryn's M. O. It's more bittersweet if you choose to be hopeful about all three girls' futures, so it's all up to the audience to decide in the end. Black Comedy Rape Sebastian essentially date rapes Cecile by first getting her Unsuspectingly Soused and then using coercion to make her relent to him performing sex acts on her. And it's Played for Laughs the whole time. Boarding School: Technically, Manchester Prep is a day school, but it comes with the same tropes of spoiled students picking on Scholarship Students and engaging in Situational Sexuality — except for the one perfect and kind student, of course. Bookends: The opening scene is the same as the last scene, except with Annette replacing Sebastian. In the original ending, this made much more sense given the state of Annette's character alignment. Brainy Brunette: The calculating, devious Kathryn. Brother- Sister Team: The manipulative Kathryn Merteuil and Sebastian Valmont are step- siblings - and yes, that particular loophole is milked for all it's worth. The Cake Is a Lie: When Sebastian comes to collect from Kathryn, she just laughs in his face and gives him a . Unusually for this trope, there is no indication that it was a lie from the start, and it seems like Kathryn intended to keep her end of the deal until she realised Sebastian had truly fallen for Annette and got jealous. Camera Fiend: Sebastian seducers the psychiatrists daughter by taking pictures of her legs- later, he's seen photographing a blithely ignorant Cecile. Camp Gay: You can tell Blaine is a Depraved Homosexual because his dye job matches his sweater vest — it doesn't get much campier than that. Also, he displays mannerisms that are stereotypically associated with gay men. Can't Hold His Liquor: Cecile gets pretty tipsy off one Long Island Iced Tea. Casual Car Giveaway: Either this trope or Hero Stole My Bike is the only plausible explanation for that bizarre closing shot of Annette driving off into the desert behind the wheel of Sebastian's prized vintage Jag. Catholic School Girls Rule: Though their uniforms are more drab and conservative than is popularly portrayed. Chekhov's Gun: Sebastian's journal. He's seen with it throughout the film writing or inserting pictures. He later delivers it to Annette for her to read in order to wipe his slate clean. After Sebastian's untimely death due to Kathryn's manipulation, Annette does something else with it. See Cry For The Devil below. Chinese Laborer: Technically, Kathryn's handmaiden is Vietnamese. In the prequel, she has another one who's a Cambodian refugee, but she's mistaken for Chinese and Japanese by her mistress. The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes: The psychiatrist is about to go on a book tour to promote her Great Parenting manual, however when she finds out her daughter was manipulated and had nude photos of herself put on the internet, her response is neither kind nor particularly constructive. Cold Ham: One of the pleasures of watching this film has to be watching and listening to Gellar take frequent bites out of the tony surroundings - dainty bites, to be sure, but all the more memorable precisely because of that. And most of them in the same cynical California cheerleader voice she made famous. Color- Coded for Your Convenience: Sebastian and Kathryn wear black and other dark colors, while Annette prefers white and pastels. Cecile initially wears white and other light colours, but shifts to wearing red as Kathryn and Sebastian begin to corrupt her. Consummate Liar: Kathryn, Sebastian. Annette's best friend, Greg, qualifies as well. Cool Car: Sebastian's Jaguar, which Kathryn has her eye on. In the end, Annette drives it off into the sunset after exposing Kathryn Sebastian's funeral. Cool Old Lady: In the original story, Madame de Rosemonde becomes a trusted friend and wise mentor to Madame de Tourvel, but in this version, Sebastian's Aunt Helen is just an eccentric biddy who whips up iced tea (wink) and pawns her charity duties off on her nephew and his girlfriend so she can go to the theater instead. Corrupt the Cutie: Kathryn makes it her mission to turn her ex's new girlfriend Cecile into the . Meanwhile, Sebastian's summer project is to conquer the headmaster's daughter Annette's Incorruptible Pure Pureness. Covered in Mud: In the second film, Sebastian pushes Kathryn in a pool of mud as a declaration of war. Darker and Edgier: Of all the Les Liaisons Dangereuses adaptations, this modern version is definitely the edgiest and also arguably the darkest in the way that Kathryn Merteuil and Sebastian Valmont come across as even more brooding, nihilistic and emotionally disturbed than their 1. Add the fact that all the characters are minors, and you've got an especially disturbing tale of sexual predation and death. Defiant Captive: Cecile comes off as surprisingly tough when Sebastian is performing cunnilingus on her against her will. She merely glares and acts annoyed, only breaking down after Sebastian leaves. Depraved Bisexual: Kathryn doesn't necessarily identify as bisexual per se, but that doesn't stop her from convincing Cecile that it would be a good educational experience to . To be fair, the heterosexual characters are also depraved, so subverted. Disappeared Dad: It's unknown who or where Kathryn's biological father is. Divergent Character Evolution: An inverted example. In the prequel Sebastian is kind and considerate, and Kathryn is cold, calculating, and uses sex as a weapon; and frequently destroys other peoples lives for her own amusement or revenge. Both try to convert the other to their way of thinking, but Sebastian is broken by Kathryn and ends up becoming a male version of Kathryn.
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