Sebastian pulls heartstrings, tells lies and employs devious seductive strategies, and the movie is startling in its frank language and forthright approach to sex it's like a throwback to the 1970s. The wager: If he loses, his stepsister gets his classic sports car. She's written an article for Seventeen magazine praising premarital virginity, and Sebastian bets Kathryn he can deflower her. He's known as an unprincipled seducer who "has never uttered a single word without dishonorable intentions.'' She's a minx who's angered when her current boyfriend dumps her for the sweeter Cecile ( Selma Blair), and in revenge she urges Sebastian to conquer Cecile and destroy her reputation.Īgreed, says Sebastian, but soon he finds a greater challenge-the virginal Annette ( Reese Witherspoon), daughter of the new headmaster at their expensive school. The film stars Ryan Phillippe, a slinky schemer in the tradition of James Spader, as Sebastian Valmont, a rich kid who lives in a Manhattan mansion with his stepsister Kathryn Merteuil ( Sarah Michelle Gellar).
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