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Well, for those of you who didn't already know, this movie was spawned by the french novel Les Liaisons Dangereux, which also inspired movies like Valmont starring Annette Benning or the superior version Dangerous Liaisons starring Michelle Pfeiffer, John Malkovich, Glenn Close, Uma Thurman, Swoozie Kurtz and Keanu Reeves. Unlike the past movies made this movie took a new approach. They made this a modern day version and cast it much younger with fresh upcoming stars like Ryan Phillipe, Reese Witherspoon and Sarah Michelle Gellar. I thought there were very interesting touches to this already great story. I also liked that Swoozie Kurtz made an appearance as Phillipe's psychiatrist: kind of an homage to Dangerous Liaisons. I thought the acting was decent. I think Sarah Michelle Gellar is the star in this film. For any of you who have seen Dangerous Liaisons you'll notice that Ryan Phillipe seems to be copying John Malkovich's depiction of Vicomte de Valmont. With good reason of course, Malkovich was excellent. However it does get a little old when you hear the same lines getting delivered the exact same way, i.e. "You mean nothing to me." I know it seems like a short phrase but it happens to be a very crucial line and seeing Ryan Phillipe even change the way his voice sounds to virtually imitate Malkovich is a tad disappointing. But heck, if you're gonna rip off of someone you might as well do it from the best. There were a few scenes that were certainly thrown in there for the male audiences but there were some in there for the females as well, so it balanced out. This is a great twisted story of love, revenge, deception and all the great things that make a movie good. This representation of this great story isn't bad, but if you want to see a version with better acting overall (minus Keanu Reeves) then watch Dangerous Liaisons. P.S. this is not a movie for the kiddies.