'Good girl' Mary is starting their senior year at the top of the social food chain at American Eagle Christian High School. But when she becomes pregnant, she finds herself ostracized and demonized, as all of her former friends turn on her.
No doubt the filmmakers are bracing for -- even hoping for -- a display of ire from religious conservatives. But the truth is, nothing in Saved! stings.
Eye for Film
December 07, 2007
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.
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?
