Roger Kumble directs Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon in this teen movie update on Dangerous Liaisons.

I haven’t seen this since opening weekend at High Street Kensington Odeon. A gleefully absurd movie. Naff yet opulent. Raunchy yet lacking in much real nudity (you get to peek at Phillippe’s rock solid buns from a far). The post Britpop soundtrack is perfect, none so more as when Bittersweet Symphony needle drops at the end to wrap things up in an utterly sincere ‘just desserts’ moment of tables have turned justice. How would Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, or even John Malkovich, feel about this American Pie / Clueless / Lifestyles Of The Rich and Shameless bastardisation of their finest work? Who cares! SMG and Selma Blair cook, let them heat up the leftovers.

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Perfect Double Bill: Simply Irresistible (1999)