Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese
Witherspoon, Selma Blair
Directed by Roger Kumble
Scheming
step-siblings take delight in controlling the social lives of various
students at a New York prep school. Sebastian plots to seduce every
girl in school, while Kathryn delights in tormenting ex-boyfriends
and new debutantes in her school. One day, the two make a wager as
to whether Sebastian will be successful in corrupting the daughter of
the school's new headmaster, a staunch virgin who is wise to
Sebastian's trecherous ways. Of course, things get a bit complicated
when Sebastian begins to have feelings for his prey.
Yet another
film based on the seemingly never-tiring LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
plot, updated for the kiddies of today. It's a good looking and
moderately entertaining, but soulless and empty film that only begins
to hit it's stride about halfway in only to crash down again with a
ludicrous and far-fetched "happy" ending. Phillippe and Witherspoon
give comendable performances, with Gellar less than successful as the
vamp. Still, it's an interesting take on the old formula and while
never achieving the level of greatness it seems to aspires to, it
does succeed as decent mindless entertainment.
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