<title>Jasbone's Thoughts : Saved - 7.25/10

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November 6, 2004 11:20 AM

Saved - 7.25/10

Last night we watched Saved!. It's basically a dark comedy about the supposed hypocrites of organized religion. It's the story of a girl that goes to a Christian high school and gets pregnant. When her boyfriend tells her that he's gay she decides to fix him by sleeping with him (because Jesus comes to her in a vision and tells her too). When she finds out that she's pregnant she does the only thing she can - she hides her pregnancy.

It's really funny, very satirical, and has a really great cast. Jena Malone (from Cold Mountain and the young Jodi Foster from Contact) stars with Patrick Fugit (from Almost Famous) who plays the new, understanding boyfriend (and son of the preacher/principal at the school). Macaulay Culkin plays the handicapped brother of Many Moore (the leader of the Christian Jewels - the ultra-christian club at school) . Culkin is really great in this role. It's really nice to see that he's grown up from his days of being left at home...

As for the story it's very predictable, everyone "learns their lesson" in the end. However I think it's a bit too harsh on organized religion, with the major of the characters being huge parodies of themselves. It's clear that director Brian Dannelly wants to point out how everyone is wrong and they all have to learn what is right. While trying point out that things should be less black and white I think he goes a little far with how he portrays the characters. They are just too extreme to be believable.

However given all that it is quite funny and worth a watch.

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