Cruel Intentions

(Columbia Tristar)

Choderlos de Laclos's Les liaisons dangereuses gets the Clueless treatment in this tale of jaded, amoral, rich, teenage Manhattan stepsiblings Kathryn Merteuil (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Sebastian Valmont (Ryan Phillippe). Kathryn transforms her ex's naive new girlfriend (Selma Blair) into the school slut; meanwhile Sebastian bets Kathryn he can seduce a girl (Reese Witherspoon) who has publicly vowed to remain chaste until she falls in love and gets married. All plans go tragically awry, of course, when love rears its ugly head.