Our Millennial Trash program burrows deep into the garbage heap of 90s nostalgia to find the films that defined a generation. Tonight we watch the campy erotic drama Cruel Intentions (1999). 

At an elite New York prep school, amoral debutante Kathryn (Sarah Michelle Gellar) enlists her ruthless stepbrother Sebastian (Ryan Phillippe) to seduce an ex's naive new girlfriend Cecile (Selma Blair). But Sebastian has also set his sights on a bigger challenge: deflowering the headmaster's virginal daughter Annette (Reese Witherspoon). The two place a bet and begin a vicious game of romantic rivalry. This unabashedly trashy adaptation of the 1782 French novel Dangerous Liaisons is one of the sleaziest films ever made for a teenage audience. With its sordid tale of sexual one-upmanship and Gellar's wickedly campy performance, Cruel Intentions has become both a guilty pleasure and a cult phenomenon. Watch the trailer.

Directed by Roger Kumble, 1999, USA, 97 minutes. In English.

Bar opens @ 18:30
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