Saved! Review |
by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 7/10) |
CAPSULE: A right-wing evangelistic clique of girls
rules the social order at a Christian high school.
One begins to question their values. For a light
comedy this film says a great deal about some
serious issues. The script...more |
Saved! Review |
by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 3.5/4) |
"Saved!" is quite a miracle in many ways, and in other ways, it is your
standard teen comedy. But the twain shall meet since it is full of laughs and
comical yet truthful insights. It's not a huge success at what it does but, in
the summer of Hollywood's...more |
Saved! Review |
by Matt Noller (Rating: 3/4) |
Saved! is a pointed satire of religious fundamentalism set in the trappings
of a teen movie. Through a clever blend of smart jokes and broad humor,
co-writer/director Brian Dannelly criticizes Christian evangelicals as the
hypocrites that they are. It's...more |
Saved! Review |
by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 5/5) |
Just go see it. Do you need 450 words to make you interested in this
film? Well why haven't you seen it yet, then? Reports coming in
from all over (even the Bible Institute of Los Angeles) indicate that
both the religious and the...more |
Saved! Review |
by Andy Keast (Rating: 3/4) |
Directed by Brian Dannelly. Screenplay by Brian Dannelly and Michael Urban.
Starring Jena Malone, Eva Amurri, Macaulay Culkin, Martin Donovan, Patrick
Fugit, Heather Matarazzo, Mandy Moore, and Mary-Louise Parker. more |
Saved! Review |
by Robin Clifford (Rating: B+) |
Mary (Jena Malone) is one of the bright young stars at
the American Eagle Christian School located somewhere
in the Bible Belt. She believes wholeheartedly in
Jesus, even when her boyfriend Dean (Chad Faust)
proclaims to her, "I think I'm gay!" She has a...more |
Saved! Review |
by Laura Clifford (Rating: B) |
In the summer before her Senior year at a Baptist high school, Mary (Jena
Malone, "The United States of Leland") learns a horrifying secret from her
boyfriend Dean (Chad Faust) - he thinks he's gay. A bonk on the head in the
swimming pool convinces her...more |
Saved! Review |
by JoBlo (Rating: 7/10) |
PLOT:
A Christian girl attending a very Christian high school is shocked to find that
her boyfriend might be gay and attempts to "help" him in various ways,
including one that includes her vagina and his penis in it. One unwanted
pregnancy later, the...more |
Saved! Review |
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3.5/4) |
Not since ELECTION has high school life been so deliciously skewered as it is
in SAVED! And this time it's not just any school but a hyper-religious
institution called the American Eagle Christian High School. more |
Saved! Review |
by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: B) |
Reviewed by Harvey S. Karten
United Artists/Single Cell Picture/Infinity Media
Grade: B
Directed by: Brian Dannelly
Written by: Brian Dannelly, Michael Urban
Cast: Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick
Fugit, Heather Matarazzo, Eva Amurri,...more |