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Podcast: Old Roommates
Episode: Ep 202: "Cruel Intentions" Revisited
Description: “I wanna f*ck!” Yes, friends, 1999’s “Cruel Intentions” didn’t beat around the bush in showcasing the carnal needs of its oversexed highschoolers.Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillipe and Reese Witherspoon formed a Dangerous Liaisons-inspired lust triangle with mixed results among audiences and critics.But now, decades later, has the movie’s edgy dialogue, casual coke-snorting, and borderline incestuous premise caught up us? Or do all these kids just need their mouths washed out with soap?And how does a then 26-year-old Selma Blair fare as a 14-year-old?The Old Roommates clutch their pearls and revisit the smoldering teenage chaos...