Plus, it made great use of the music of the late nineties, including The Verve’s “Bittersweet Symphony,” which apparently cost Cruel Intentions way more to use than most of us would probably have guessed.
Cruel Intentions was a very timely movie when it was released.
It included one of the most memorable ‘Best Kisses’ of all time, forever tattooed into memory thanks to that year’s MTV Awards.
It made great use of then up-and-coming talent, including Sarah Michelle Gellar, who was then starring in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon, who were just on the rise in the movie business, and more.