Cruel Intentions Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

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Plot

Kathryn (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Sebastian (Ryan Phillippe), two wealthy, manipulative teenage step-siblings from Manhattan's upper-crust, conspire in Cruel Intentions, a wickedly entertaining tale of seduction and betrayal. The stakes are high when the duo agrees upon a deliciously diabolical wager of sexual conquest without consequences. The pawns? The naïve Cecile Caldwell (Selma Blair) and the virginal Annette Hargrove (Reese Witherspoon).

It's summer break, and Kathryn has been dumped by her beau, Court Reynolds, for the innocent Cecile. Desperate to get even, Kathryn challenges Sebastian to ruin Cecile by deflowering her and turning her into a tramp-thus humiliating Court by delivering Cecile to him as damaged goods. Sebastian has pretty much 'had' all of the girls in New York City up to this point, and he's gotten a bit bored of it all. Though this is too easy a conquest for him, he obliges. He sets his sights on a greater challenge-the new headmaster's daughter, Annette, who recently wrote an article in a magazine about how she intends to stay pure until she marries her boyfriend. Sebastian bets Kathryn that he can seduce the chaste and pristine Annette before school begins in the fall. Kathryn thinks this feat impossible and quickly agrees to the wager. The stakes: if Sebastian succeeds, Kathryn must give him a night of unbridled biblical pleasure, something he's wanted since their parents got married. If he fails, he must forfeit his priceless 1956 Jaguar to Kathryn and suffer the shame of defeat.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Cruel Intentions.

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  Sarah Michelle Gellar

  TMNT, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

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  Ryan Phillippe

  Prey , The 2nd

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  Reese Witherspoon

  You’re Cordially Invited, Sing

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  Selma Blair

  Feast of Love, Hellboy

Crew Behind the Film

The Cruel Intentions behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Roger Kumble last directed Beautiful Wedding and Beautiful Disaster. The film's writer Roger Kumble last wrote Beautiful Disaster and Ride Along.

Director

Roger Kumble

Screenwriter

Roger Kumble

Producer

Neal H. Moritz

Production Details

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Production Updates for Cruel Intentions

Mar 2019

Completed

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