Saved! | 
 enlarge | Director: Brian Dannelly
Actors: Jena Malone, Mandy Moore (ii), Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit, Heather Matarazzo
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  228 reviews
Sales Rank: 4152
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 92
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 1006060
ISBN: 0792861930
UPC: 027616902832
EAN: 9780792861935
ASIN: B0002OXRSG
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Release Date: October 5, 2004
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Product Description
Two thumbs up! Ebert & Roeper and the Movies Nothing short of brilliant. PremiereGood girl Mary (Jena Malone) and her best friend Hilary Faye (Mandy Moore) are at the top of the food chain at American Eagle Christian High School. But all that is about to change in this subversively funny (USA Today) teen comedy about hype hypocrisy and high school. Also starring Macaulay Culkin and Patrick Fugit Saved! is a boldly hilarious satire (Rolling Stone)!Special Features:Audio Commentary by Director & Co-Writer Brian Dannelly Producer Sandy Stern and Co-Writer Michael UrbanAudio Commentary by Jena Malone and Mandy Moore Heaven Help Us Behind-the-Scenes FeaturetteDeleted ScenesBloopersSaved! RevelationsOriginal Theatrical TrailerSystem Requirements: Running Time 92 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 027616902832 Manufacturer No: 1006060
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Classic teen comedy mixes with cunning satire in Saved!. Fervent Christian Mary (Jena Malone, Donnie Darko) believes God wants her to save her gay boyfriend by sleeping with him. But he gets sent to an anti-gay indoctrination camp while she ends up pregnant--which starts to drive a wedge between Mary and her snotty best friend Hilary Faye (Mandy Moore, How to Deal). Meanwhile, they're both interested in the son (Patrick Fugit, Almost Famous) of their Christian school principal (Martin Donovan, Trust). Saved! respects faith but gleefully mocks the excesses and absurdities of contemporary organized religion, particularly its suburban, let's-speak-the-language-of-the-kids manifestations. The actors, including Macaulay Culkin (yes, from Home Alone) and Mary Louise Parker (Fried Green Tomatoes), play their parts with sincerity, which makes the fusion of humor and heart succeed. A delightful movie. --Bret Fetzer
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 AMAZING... June 28, 2008
I thought this movie was amazing. My mom showed it to me when because she thought I would like it. And, again, she was right. I loved it. I think it's great for kids! I'm 11 and I completely fell in love with it. I may be going over the top, but yes, that and more.
Funny and intelligent. May 25, 2008
"Saved!" is a mostly (and unfortunately) overlooked little film that deftly tackles the subject of religion, and the confusion and hypocrisy surrounding it. Written by none other than REM frontman Michael Stipe, it manages to be a tasteful satire that makes you laugh as much as it makes you think.
The story is centered around a girl named Mary, played by Jena Malone (who by the way is awesome because she's in not one, not two, but three of my favorite movies from the past few years: "Donnie Darko", "Into the Wild", and this one right here). Mary is a straight-laced teenage girl who is devoutly religious, and a top student at a christian school. She has a picture-perfect life, and a boyfriend she's madly in love with. That is, until her boyfriend confesses to her that he is gay. Now, since christianity doesn't take so kindly to the homosexual persuasion, Mary decides that she must try to "convert" him in order to save their relationship and his soul. And how does she do this? By having sex with him. This of course does not work, and not only is the boyfriend still gay, but she is now pregnant. And of course, christianity doesn't take too kindly to teen pregnancy or premarital sex either.
This causes Mary to be shunned by her peers, leading her to question her faith, and everything she's always believed in. She's confused, because she's gotten into this mess because she thought it was what God wanted her to do, and in the end it only made things worse. This leads her on a path of attempting to reconcile her faith with certain aspects of her religion that no longer make sense to her.
This all could potentially be a very dark and depressing film, but Stipe tackles the issues in a very light-hearted but still thought-provoking way. The uproar that is caused by all of these events seems so silly, but at the same time it's the kind of thing that really happens all over the country. Malone is excellent as a character who is so obviously naive, but at the same time is well-intentioned and introspective. She learns important lessons from all of this, and hopefully the viewer does as well. I am a non-religious person, but at the same time I'm not anti-religious either, so I really liked that Stipe chose to take a similar standpoint in making this. It is highly critical of organized religion, and the things within it that frankly just make no sense to me, but at the same time it doesn't completely condemn religion either. It shows that you can still maintain your faith or whatever without necessarily becoming a mindless slave to it, which is why I think that no matter what kind of views you have on religion, you can identify with the movie's message without feeling like you're being told to take one side or the other.
And of course there's tons of great performances here, like Mandy Moore as the hilariously over-the-top religious zealot Hilary Faye, and Macaulay Culkin as her wise-cracking younger brother. Patrick Fugit excellently reprises his prototypical nice-guy role in "Almost Famous" as Mary's new potential love interest, and Eva Amurri (the lovely and talented daughter of Susan Sarandon) stands out as perhaps my favorite character of the film, the rebellious and acid-tongued Cassandra, who as the lone jew in an all-christian school is an unabashed outcast who isn't afraid to tell anyone exactly what she thinks. Her character is especially interesting, because she's initially looked down upon by the whole school (Mary included), but after word gets out about what's happened to Mary, Cassandra is the only one who's really there for her, which is an important part of Mary changing her perspective on everything.
Anyway, this is just a fun, intelligent, extremely well-written film that I highly recommend. Michael Stipe has proven to be every bit as good of a screenwriter as he is a songwriter, and I for one really hope he continues to write more great stuff like this.
loved this movie May 15, 2008
i watched this movie after i felt pushed to the edge by some so called christians who to me were just FANATICS.this movie was so realistic to me even though it was fiction because these girls were so similar to the so called christians that were in my life.thinking that you need to be saved when there really isn't anything wrong with you in the first place.no one is perfect and this movie shows that EVERYONE is only human.
I love love love this movie... April 24, 2008
I love this movie as well as a lot of my friends. I love that is shows that no one is perfect, no matter how much they think they are. Even thought it has a religious basis, I wouldn't personally call it a religious film. Just a real look at real characters, that all have flaws and good in them.
 Great lines and good cast February 12, 2008
I like this movie, it's quirky, original and downright funny. Sure it has some "serious" issues but you are laughing pretty much the entire movie. I have loved Patrick Fugit since almost famous and he does'nt dissapoint in this! Mandy Moore playing a not so nice character is also a nice change.
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