"You know what your problem is?" Reece Witherspoon tells a chastened Ryan Philippe in Cruel Intentions. In many ways this unashamed juvenilia made it an infinitely more mature film than something like Closer, which five years later lured in the same generation of kids via the same brand of smut-tastic dialogue, but this time did so while masquerading as Serious Grown-Up Drama. The screenplay’s trump card, though, was less its racy content than its sheer unrepentant spirit: it was appealing to randy teenagers via cheap means, and it didn’t mind admitting it. Looking back now, of course, Cruel Intentions is about as openly adolescent as they come (“How are things down under?” our pervy protagonist asks Blair on her return from Australia).
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It’s real turn-on was a screenplay that ran the full gamut from suggestive to risqué to laugh-out-loud outrageous.įor the army of enraptured 12-year-olds who got their hands on a VHS copy, this bawdy verboseness lent the film a sophisticated, adult sensibility. Depending on your age, it appealed as either thrillingly grown-up drama or hilariously guilty-pleasure trash.īut while the film’s promotional material featured its stars in skimpy outfits and the picnic-scene kiss between Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair became an early (and much-parodied) viral sensation, the film’s raunchiest moments were all verbal ones.
If the template’s central attraction lay in the playful contrast between the teen-movie genre and the scholarly source material, then Cruel Intentions mined this for all it was worth: lowering the tone, upping the vulgarity, and telling its steamy story with gleefully frivolous tone. And Dangerous Liaisons became the most excitedly whispered-about pulpy teen sex drama of the decade – the one where Buffy the Vampire Slayer seduces her step-brother with the never-to-be-forgotten offer: “You can put it anywhere”. Twelfth Night became She’s the Man, A Midsummer Night’s Dream became Get Over It, Pygmalion became She’s All That and The Taming of the Shrew became 10 Things I Hate About You. The success of the teen-centred Emma adaption inspired a frenzied craze for remaking celebrated centuries-old classics as cheeky modern high-school romps. When it comes to the millennial generation’s defining coming-of-age movies, Clueless has a lot to answer for. Anyhow, there isn't much more I can say about this film other than if you liked "Pet Detective", you should see "When Nature Calls".Archive Photos Getty Images Cruel Intentions (1999) I mean, what does that say about bats if a lover of all animals can't even stand them and finds them revolting. I thought that was such a funny idea for the character. I also loved the fact that he is a lover of all animals, except Bats.
I thought the scene where Ace is trapped inside the animatronic rhino was the funniest scene in the movie, but the film is filled with other great scenes too. I doubt it will happen, but I would love to see an Ace Ventura 3 someday. I was a little bummed to find out that Courteney Cox wasn't returning in the second installment, but they did just fine without her. Of course there was a lot of recycled humor, but there was also a lot of original humor too.
After removing an apple core from the tribesman, Ace pushing the baby out of the mother's tummy is missing, as well as the shot of the father catching the baby.This could be due to strong language and/or imitable technique. When Ace is lecturing Quinn, the shot of Ace prodding his eyeball has been reduced.The shot of Ace masturbating is missing.Likewise, when everyone is exiting the hut in hysterics, the shot cuts away earlier due to the graphic details.Ace's snorting in the hut has been reduced.Your balls are showing! Bumble bee tuna!" The scene of Ace casting shadows on the projector slide has been edited so that his shadow is going after Gahjii's neck instead of his groin.The raccoon rescue is edited, mostly cutting shots of the clearly distressed animal.These cuts remove a lot of the "crude humour". A further three seconds where also cut to get a PG for the video release. One minute and thirty five seconds were cut from the theatrical version to get a PG certificate in the UK.