First of all, although based on the same story, "Dangerous Liaisons" and "Cruel Intentions" should not be compared to each other as they are two completely different films. Personally I enjoyed both films. "Dangerous" is a wonderful piece of cinema and "Cruel" was very entertaining, I would rather teens watched both these films than the slew of ridiculous films being geared towards them these days. So please watch both films with an open mind, don't watch one expecting the other. "Dangerous Liaisons" features some very excellent performances by its gifted cast including Close and Malkovich, that should be reason enough to see this movie which also features some great costumes and set designs.