The film’s energy is most colorful in its corners, where minor characters dance in blue mohawks and romp around make-out parties dressed like mermaids and nuns.

We are left with something much less thrilling-the rage of a woman scorned.

I think that Dangerous Liaisons is a fair enough movie...It’s just that the journey there is fraught and often simply disinteresting given the lack of discernable personalities in most of its characters besides “mean to others,” or worse.

Looking to piggyback off other recent successes, like Spanish series Elite, this French film lacks the self-awareness that distinguishes a guilty pleasure from a negative portrayal of teens.