Saved!
Chad Faust, Chris Evans, Eva Amurri
"Good girl" Mary and her domineering best friend, Hilary Faye, are starting their senior year at the top of the social food chain at American Eagle Christian High School--that is until Mary's boyfrien...( read more
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DVD Released: October 5, 2004
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April 18, 2009A teen high school comedy that is funny, relevant and positive. It's very, very clever. Not just the script, or the message but the whole production. This isn't an anti-God propaganda film to corrupt the world. It's a film that calls into question organised religion and the conse... ...( read more )
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December 21, 2008I quite enjoyed this movie. Perhaps there is too much idealism - the chances of the outcasts being such good friends is remote, but it is nice to hope that even the outcasts of the world make it through graduation as happy as they do in this movie.
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September 15, 2008As someone with a strong interest in religion's place in the public forum, in its nature and how it's used and abused by people, especially in America, Saved! was a movie that did catch my interest in some respects. I was wary of it for the reason I'm wary of anything deal... ...( read more )
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August 22, 2008The object of the film's scorn is the American Eagle Christian High School, an establishment that seems less concerned with educating than with whipping the students into a religious fervor on a daily basis. The film centers on the ironically named Christian high school student M... ...( read more )
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July 4, 2009actually really enjoyed it. Must admit both Mandy and Macaulay's performances were excellent. A good premise for a film. show the stupidity of Ameirca's masses. Yah!
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June 11, 2004
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
June 11, 2004
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
This is one of the most intriguing rite-of-passage teen comedies in a long time. full review
June 10, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
The characters are complex, conflicted and written with a sturdy understanding of human nature. full review
May 29, 2004
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Even though it pretends to be sharp and observant, it's really one of those 'Let every flower in the garden grow' movies, conspicuously lacking both guts and well-sharpened teeth. full review
May 28, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
An important film as well as an entertaining one. full review
May 27, 2004
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Not only is Saved! subversively funny, it is unexpectedly sweet. full review
May 27, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
This teen satire set in a Christian high school is an admirable attempt to acknowledge the powerful influence of religion in contemporary American youth culture. full review
May 20, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
An acutely perceptive and boldly hilarious satire of fundamentalist education. full review
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June 26, 2007this is, in my opinioun, one of the best "teen" movies to come out in recent years... i love how it tackles religion and acceptance and how people should not be so narrow minded,.. alot of the religious people i went to hight school were like this and because one of my very best friends happens to be gay it hurst me that he's still looked down apon.... thais is a smart, funny movie with alot to say
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April 4, 2007I wish everyone in the world could see this movie because it is so important. It really reflects everything I believe, and I can really relate to it. I know a few "Hilary Fay's" myself and sometimes I wish I could show this to them but I know that by forcing this view of christianity on them I would be just like them. Anyway, this is a MUST SEE!
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September 2, 2006I didn't want to watch this movie because Macaulay Culkin is in it.
This movie is a twisted view of what contemporary Christian life must look like to an outsider. I'm glad my wife made me watch it. Also, Macaulay was actually pretty good in this movie. It is worth at least a rental.
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