Save Me (2007)

Critic Reviews

• Ty Burr, Boston Globe

  The first release from the gay-oriented Mythgarden production company, Save Me still bodes well for its evenhanded approach.

• Maureen M. Hart, Chicago Tribune

  A melodrama better suited to the Logo network than to theaters.

• Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

  This earnest, well-acted melodrama has compassion for all of its characters, who include gay men and the Christians dedicated to healing them of their 'brokenness'.

• Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle

  Save Me doesn't poke fun at anyone's beliefs. It takes a more nuanced humanistic approach.

• Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

  This is a modest, thoughtful, independent production of exceptional insight and quietly devastating power.

• Kyle Smith, New York Post

  Sounds like a great idea for a gay porno, but the soapy Save Me actually takes itself seriously.

• Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

  Interesting, provocative film about one of the most polarizing issues in our culture.

• Don Willmott, Filmcritic.com

  tough, tight, and thought-provoking, a small-scale indie success for everyone involved.

• Prairie Miller, NewsBlaze

  As disagreements continue to heat up between red states and blue states, and liberals and evangelicals in this country, Save Me makes its debut as a story that may be in search of unlikely middle ground.

• Bill White, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

  As a movie, it doesn't amount to much more than an after school-special with sex and profanity.

• Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times

  Allen brings such conviction to the part that it's almost possible to look past the gaps in Mark's development. In the end, you may not buy each step he takes, but you respect Allen's attempt to make the effort seem genuine.

• Tricia Olszewski, Washington City Paper

  A be-true-to-yourself message prevails, one that can be safely stretched to it's-OK-to-be-gay. But the film never definitely takes the stand that homosexuals can't be 'converted.'

• Stan Hall, Oregonian

  While Save Me does seem like a TV movie, it is refreshingly honest and heartfelt.

• Richard Knight, Windy City Times

  Here after a long dry spell is an example of queer filmmaking at its best. Hallelujah my gay brethren!

• Peter Canavese, Groucho Reviews

  A film that stands the best chance of winning the hearts and minds of those who now embrace the gay 'recovery' movement.

• Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

  The film refuses to follow any one strand of political logic, and as such exists on an insufficient amount of thematic oxygen to support its loaded dramatic context.

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