Director:		Roger Kumble
Year:		1999
Language:		English
Time:		97 minutes

Kathryn and Sebastian, two wealthy, manipulative teenage step-siblings from Manhattan's upper-crust, conspire in this wickedly entertaining tale of seduction and betrayal. The stakes are high when the duo agrees upon a deliciously diabolical wager of sexual conquest without consequences. The pawns? The naive Cecile Caldwell and the virginal Annette Hargrove. Its summer break, and Kathryn has been dumped by her beau, Court Reynolds, for the innocent Cecile. Desperate to get even, Kathryn challenges Sebastian to ruin Cecile by deflowering her and turning her into a tramp, thus humiliating Court by delivering Cecile to him as damaged goods. Though this is too easy a conquest for Sebastien, he obliges. At the same time, he sets his sights on a greater challenge-the new headmaster's daughter, Annette, who recently wrote an article in Seventeen Magazine about how she intends to stay pure until she marries her boyfriend.

Both Sarah Michelle Gellar (Kathryn) and Reese Witherspoon (Cecile) won awards for their acting. In addition, the film won an award for best original score and the Teen Choice Award for best drama.

Rated R for strong sexual dialogue and sexual situations involving teens, language and drug use.

Links

Review of the film.

About the director, Roger Kumble.

Site featuring all film versions of Dangerous Liaisons.