lisafordeay Saved is a 2004 teen comedy starring Macaulay Culkin from Home Alone(who plays Mandy Moore's brother who is disabled in this movie),Jean Malone from Stepmom,and Mandy Moore from Tangled and tells the tale of this young woman played by Jean Malone who is expecting a baby(similar to that 2007 film Juno). She has a group of friends one of them happens to be Hilary Faye(Moore)who is a Christian loving student who is so into her Christianity. But when Jean's characters friends find out that she is expecting,Moore's character turns against her and also steals a guys heart that Jean's character falls for. But will Jean get her friends back? Or will she make new friends who will like her for her.Now I haven't seen this movie in a very long time but from what I can recall I thought it wasn't that bad but the whole film is all about virginity and Christianity. I think this was Macaulay Culkin's final film before he retired from acting,and it was nice to see a fully grown up version of him star in this movie. Also starring in this movie is the actress who plays Lily in Princess Diaries as Mandy Moore's best friend(who Mandy herself starred in Princess Diaries too as Lana Thomas the arrogant cheerleader).Mandy also happens to do music for this film too including the song God Only Knows. Yeah the film was OK but if you are a Christian you might be offended as it always refers to the lord's name in vain and it was nice to see Moore with her natural blonde hair again. But is it me or does she be taken seriously as a brunette than as a blonde. 5/10

SnoopyStyle Mary (Jena Malone) has been a good Christian since she was born again at the age of 3. When her boyfriend Dean tells her that he is gay, she is shocked and tries to save him by going all the way. Dean is sent away anyways. Her friend Hilary Faye (Mandy Moore) is a fundamentalist Christian with handicap brother Roland (Macaulay Culkin). Cassandra (Eva Amurri Martino) is the only Jew in the Christian school. When Mary becomes pregnant, she starts to question God and is shunned by everybody except for the few outcasts.This satire takes a lot of jabs at the religious fundamentalists. The sharp jabs can be very wild and flailing. Some of it nudges the funny bone a little, but none of comes off as big laughs. The young actors are very compelling and interesting. Everybody is great although Mandy Moore is overly ridiculous. This movie has too many axes to grind and not enough funny jokes. At least, I like all the great young actors.

sbfraser51 This is an entertaining movie, but so skewed that it can only be viewed with a greatly jaundiced eye. There is a lot I could talk about, but I will focus on the most egregious transgressions: that cigarette smoking is indeed "cool", the mark of a true rebel, and getting someone hooked on cigarettes is the beginning of a beautiful relationship; that poor behaviour and lack of respect for the rights of others is okay if you disagree with them and deem them "uptight"; that it is okay to publicly humiliate someone with images of themselves as fat ("snort, snort") loser wannabees if they have it coming. Some very ugly messages that rise to the top of what could have been an intelligent and insightful examination of morays and social conventions. A very lazy attempt.

tidus_narishma *** This review may contain spoilers *** Saved! is a good movie for many different reasons. It is good because of the casual set up and introduction that draws you in and catches your attention. It is good for the free spirited expression of religion that it seems to try and get across. It does have very defined character development and distinct change throughout the movie. All the characters are challenged to question what they believe, and thus grow as people because of it.However, that isn't the entirety of the movie. There are many downfalls that take away from the experience. Although the broad generalization of Christianity is said to be merely the avenue through which "religion" is expressed, Saved! gives a very fake feel to Christianity even as a religion. The characters that you feel most strongly against are those who end up rejecting religion in the end and taking a completely nihilistic view of life. Those very characters seem the most authentic in the end. Being a Christian myself, this is offensive because Christianity is what seems backwards in light of doing whatever feels right to the individual. My God is personal and very close to me, and the movie made it seem like God really didn't care, which is not true. Certain characters apparently use verses from the Bible, but they are always very broad and non-specific, never a full citation. This makes it seem like Christianity is essentially a logical fallacy, completely illogical. This however, is far from the truth. God Himself, who is a very personal, real, and living God is truth incarnate. Saved! did poorly in conveying the true message of Christianity, but instead utilized its own interpretation to make a dramatization of it.I would recommend this movie as an experience that will challenge you. It makes you think about things more intently and about how and why you believe what you do, although it just ends up leaving you with an attitude of apathy about life and the consequences of choices that you make. Furthermore, I would also recommend and challenge you to become more familiar with what Christianity stands for and what its about instead of merely accepting what Saved! presents. Which is essentially the message of Saved!, to question what you believe.