Top Videos Cruel intentions the reboot series got off to a lackluster start, attracting a dismal Rotten Tomatoes rating that’s barely half as good as the original film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. Serving as a modernized retelling of the 1782 novel Les Liaisons DangereusesPlans for a TV show based on the 1999 film began almost as soon as it was released. Although early plans for a Cruel intentions the show would eventually turn into the 2000 direct-to-video sequel, NBC would pass along a TV adaptation in 2015, only for Prime Video to premiere it in late 2021.
With all eight episodes of Cruel intentions Season 1 now available on Prime Video Most early reviews for the property’s latest television reboot were not favorable. At the moment only with a 30% critical rating on the review aggregator website Rotten tomatoes, Prime Video’s reboot currently sits well behind the original film’s 54% score. However, it has already surpassed the much darker 18% received by Cruel Intentions 2. Meanwhile, 2004 Cruel Intent 3 it didn’t even get enough reviews to get an official critical score. Check out the franchise’s comparative scores below:
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Title |
Critical Score |
Audience Score |
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Cruel intentions (1999) |
54% |
80% |
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Cruel Intentions 2 (2000) |
18% |
21% |
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Cruel Intentions 3 (2004) |
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31% |
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Cruel intentions (2024) |
30% |
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What Cruel Intentions’ Rotten Tomatoes scores mean for Amazon’s reboot
It’s possible the Prime Video show could repeat the film’s critical split
At this stage, it’s still very early days and it’s likely that Prime Video’s official critical score Cruel intentions the reboot will continue to adjust as additional reviews begin to arrive. Additionally, once the general public begins to provide their own opinions, it is also possible that responses to the television series may continue reflect the same kind of division between viewers and critics that Gellar’s film also received during its own launch.
It may be premature and unwise to make too much of the reboot’s own critical response, given the original Cruel intentions’ place as a much-loved cult classic has also faced countless critical drubbings.
Despite generating mixed reviews, 1999 Cruel intentions was a box office successgrossing US$76.3 million worldwide against an original budget of US$10.5 million. She would also perform well on popular awards circuits such as the MTV Movie Awards and Teen Choice Awards, with Gellar winning Best Actress at the former. As such, it may be premature and unwise to make too much of the reboot’s own critical response, given the original Cruel intentions’ place as a much-loved cult classic has also faced countless critical drubbings.
Our Take on Potential Audience Response to Cruel Intentions
Most critics are not the show’s target demographic
Until enough viewers start providing their own responses to Prime Video videos Cruel intentions reboot, it’s difficult to predict whether the television show will actually follow in the footsteps of the film that inspired it. However, it is possible that the television program may ultimately benefit from the same kind of generational divide between audiences and critics this also underpinned the sharply divided response to the original film.
With many of the professional critics currently analyzing the new Cruel intentions previously show on the other side of the audience/critic divide when the film was released in the late ’90s, they could very well be inadvertently repeating the same oversight that comes with reviewing a product for which they are no longer the target audience. Much like the film’s place in popular teen culture in the late ’90s, the new Cruel intentions it’s very much geared towards attracting a younger audience that isn’t widely represented in critical circles.
Source: Rotten tomatoes