Saved! is a 2004 American teen-comedy drama film involving elements of religious satire.
Directed by: Brian Dannalley
Written by: Brian Dannalley, Michael Urban
Starring: Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin
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Synopsis:
Mary (Jena Malone) is a devout girl at a Christian high school, dating Dean (Chad Faust). But her perfect world begins to fall apart when Dean reveals that he’s gay. She receives a vision from Jesus and tries everything she can to help Dean, including offering her virginity. Unfortunately, Dean is sent to a treatment center to “cure” him, and Mary discovers she’s pregnant. When her friends turn on her, she finds solace with school misfits Roland (Macaulay Culkin) and Cassandra (Eva Amurri).
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John A. Nesbit (Old School Reviews) | The real value lies with what its audience does afterwards Full Review | Original Score: B |
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Nell Minow (Common Sense Media) | Begins as a satire, ends with a renewal of faith. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 |
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Nick Rogers (Suite101.com) | A successful mix of John Waters’ naughty sass with Frank Capra’s’ cordial sweetness, “Saved!” questions Christianity’s constant urgency: Is salvation really unattainable for these teenagers if they’re not seeking it this second, every second, 24/7? Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 |
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Cole Smithey (ColeSmithey.com) | “Saved!” starts out as a feisty satire on organized religion but sputters in its third act to an apologetic footnote for all that has come before. Full Review | Original Score: C |
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Amber Wilkinson (Eye for Film) | Brian Dannelly’s movie waltzes across the floor of high school comedies like a new kid out to prove he’s in a class of his own. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 |
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Robert Roten (Laramie Movie Scope) | As a superficial treatment of this important subject, it has its moments. Full Review | Original Score: C |
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Todd Hertz (Christianity Today) | Saved! could have been a challenging but affirming movie about the evangelical subculture — if handled with the same love, acceptance and tolerance it preaches. | Original Score: 2/4 |
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Betsy Bozdech (Hollywood.com) | Faith takes a hip, raised-eyebrow beating in this biting yet surprisingly earnest dark comedy. Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 |
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(Time Out) | It’s a shame the closing moral about a more pragmatic, inclusive approach to spirituality is conveyed with such a heavy hand. Full Review |
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(Empire Magazine) | The idea is inspired and the enthusiasm evident in every aspect of story and performance. Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 |
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Don R. Lewis (Film Threat) | Equal parts satire, spoof and teen comedy, Saved! is just a sweet and funny movie that starts off with bite but settles into an honest feeling of happiness and acceptance for all types of people and their choices. Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 |
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Bill Clark (FromTheBalcony) | I sat through this film with a perma-smile, and just thinking about it still makes me laugh. Full Review | Original Score: A |
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Pablo Villaça (Cinema em Cena) | Uma inteligente discussão sobre aceitação, fé e as conseqüências repugnantes do fundamentalismo religioso – tudo isto em uma embalagem divertida e irreverente. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 |
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Jeffrey Overstreet (Looking Closer) | Dannelly reflects the problems with contemporary Christianity brilliantly. But in deciding that mere tolerance will save the world, he fumbles the final act. | Original Score: B |
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Mark R. Leeper (Mark Leeper’s Reviews) | For a light comedy this film says a great deal about some serious issues. The script shows a few rough edges but it beats many films of much higher pretensions. Full Review| Original Score: 7/10 |
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Jesse Hassenger (PopMatters) | The film is missing a degree of commitment, a willingness to dive headlong into this culture Full Review |
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Emanuel Levy (EmanuelLevy.Com) | Set in a Christian high school, Saved! is a message film in the guise of a social satire. The film,however, is not as wickedly funny as it wants to be. Full Review | Original Score: B+ |
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Matthew Turner (ViewLondon) | A thoroughly enjoyable teen comedy with something important to say. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 |
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Stella Papamichael (BBC.com) | Wholly lacking in conviction. Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 |
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David Nusair (Reel Film Reviews) | …never quite manages to extinguish its after-school-special type vibe. Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 |
