Cruel Intentions
First screened in December 2012 / Most recently screened in April 2020
Director: Roger Kumble. Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Sean Patrick Thomas, Christine Baranski, Joshua Jackson, Eric Mabius, Louise Fletcher, Swoosie Kurtz, Tara Reid, Charlie O'Connell, Hiep Thi Le, Drew Snyder. Screenplay: Roger Kumble (based on the novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos). Twitter Capsule:
Lamely facetious tone aside, director and cast fail to generate humor, drama, or sexual charisma when they do try.
VOR:②
Too ambitious to be run-of-the-mill, but its ambition is most palpable through how badly it misses: vague as satire, and inept as credible psychodrama.
