# Cruel Intentions (1999)

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**Runtime**: 97 min
**Genres**: Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: Roger Kumble
**Written by**: Roger Kumble
**Starring**: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Louise Fletcher, Joshua Jackson

> *In the game of seduction, there is only one rule: Never fall in love.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Manhattan, summer, a string quartet plays. A stepbrother and stepsister engage in a high-stakes game, targeting the headmaster's daughter. The film's late 90s excess makes its melodrama surprisingly resilient.

**Mood tags**: pitch-black, sexy, unhinged

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 6.8/10 (219004 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 55% · Metacritic 56/100

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