Glenn Close,
John Malkovich,
Michelle Pfeiffer,
Swoosie Kurtz,
Keanu Reeves
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Adapted for stage and screen several times over the past century, French author Francois Choderlos de Laclos' 1782 novel Les Liasons Dangeureuses was the basis for this Academy Award-winning Stephen F... read more
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Release Date: January 1, 1988
Keywords:
glenn close,
john malkovich,
cruel intentions,
keanu reeves,
Glenn Close ,
John Malkovich ,
Keanu Reeves ,
Cruel Intentions
DVD Release Date: May 1, 2001
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September 23, 2009I love France in this time.... pretty dresses. I found it very intriguing and seductive. Proves once more Glenn Close is astonishing and that Keanu Reeves actually has had a good role in his life. WOW.
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May 31, 2009good plot
JOHN MALKOVICH is a strange actor... he kept the same face the entire time!!! he never showed emotion evan when he died! -
April 7, 2009This is basically Elizabeth, if Elizabeth were an old slutty manipulatress. I know it's a good movie and technically impressive and all that shit that bodice-rippers always are, but these films always deal with the exact same themes. "lol the hidden strength of a woman" "lol the ... read more
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April 2, 2009Manipulative aristocrats John Malkovich and Glenn Close engage in sexual conquest and gender warfare beneath the outward formality and respectability of 18th century France. Valmont was the part that propelled Malkovich into the big leagues and is the part he was born to play. He... read more
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June 12, 2008This movie is based on a novel, set in 18th century France. Two similar characters - Merteuil (Glenn Close) and Valmont (John Malkovich) scheme and manipulate to get their own revenge and desires with disastrous consequences. The movie has fab costumes. Great plot and cast. It's ... read more
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March 16, 2008Seeing "Cruel Intentions" first kinda took the bloom off the rose for this film. Not that I love the prior or anything, I just knew what was going to happen and while Close and Malkovich are awesome, I'm just not die-hard fans of theirs.
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February 11, 2008This is a lovely period piece with power houses; Glenn Close, Michelle Pfeiffer, and John Malkovich. The story of wealthy individuals in 18th Century Europe with a bet. Can a man bed and make a woman fall in love with him...even though he has no intentions...it is pure evil the l... read more
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May 30, 2007it's SO wickedly amaazing. i was like rolling with desire for john malkovich, and i generally think he's a creepy man. michelle pfeiffer is beauutiful. unfortunately i think i would have enjoyed this movie more had i not seen the vastly inferior cruel intentions first.
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May 15, 2012A solid period piece that also works as an absorbing character study, thanks to an excellent performance from the enigmatic John Malkovich. It does suffer from an overly slow pace, but is generally outweighed by the strong script and well designed scenery. The dynamic between Mal... read more
Critic Reviews
February 8, 2008
Variety Staff, Variety
February 8, 2008
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
The creepy plot still holds a certain fascination. Full Review
May 20, 2003
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Witty, entertaining, if occasionally overripe. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Director Stephen Frears accelerates entertainingly through Christopher Hampton's wig-and-powder sado-comedy about sexual mind games in 18th-century France. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Tantalizingly wicked -- watching it makes the color rise to your cheeks. Full Review
April 30, 2007
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Emotional cruelty through sexual manipulation is the rule of the game of this smooth transfer of Christopher Hampton's witty play, with an all-American cast, headed by Glenn Close and Michelle Pfeiffer. Full Review
January 26, 2006
Time Out
A sombre, manipulative affair in which the dà (C)cor is never allowed to usurp our interest. Full Review
December 3, 2004
James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette
Splendid... full of deliciously devious characters
February 5, 2004
Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)
For a tragedy that carries a strong emotional kick, it's wickedly fun.
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