Cruel Intentions
Movie • 1999 • Drama
ReportSlaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kathryn. But if he loses, Kathryn will claim his most prized possession.
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But a character who wants to wait for marriage is made a ‘conquest’
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There is a short scene where he sits outside her apartment and watches her window.
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a character is sexually assaulted when drunk then convinced it’s a good thing so she continues having sex with him once sober
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kathryn is addicted to cocaine
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The character who dies is over the age of 18.
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these are all high school kids so yeah
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Lot's of cheating between main characters and side characters.
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Lead character Sebastian washes off naked before jumping (in a suit) into a pool.
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pre 911
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kathryn is described by court as a ‘bulimic head case’ to cecile
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not quite suicide baiting like that, but kathryn says ‘sometimes i want to kill myaelf’ in a speech to sebastian
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Kathryn and Blaine both use the word "fag;" the latter flippantly quoting a closeted character while the former uses it to explain away a lack of heterosexual lust.
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kathryn says that ronald is moving with the speed of a special olympic hurdler when it comes to wooing cecile
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there’s a huge amount of racism to the only Black character suggesting he’s a pervert
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there’s a lot of eating disorder themes though
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Multiple homophobic slurs
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It is implied the WASP character played by Christine Baranski is racist/classist, but she falls short of calling him names.
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they go to a catholic school so while it’s not a major theme, it does come up
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yes, there are sex scenes but you don’t see full nudity
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Pseudo incest between step siblings
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virginity is a big theme of this movie and people trying to take it as a bet
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Bittersweet ending. Had death and moving on.
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Deadly car accident involving main characters at the end of the movie.
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