Saved!

Pros: Cast, storyline... all of it.
Cons: coming up blank here.

It's no big secret that I choose not to be one of the so called chosen. So why, then, would I want to go see a movie called Saved!? Because it looked like a whole lotta fun goin' on. It was. What we have here is Mandy Moore in the role ...

Pros: Excellent acting, solid cast and relevant story. 
Cons: Mature thematic material, and sexual content.

United Artist, Single Cell Pictures and Infinity Media production film Saved! (2004) begins in narration format with actress Jena Malone introducing her character Mary.  Mary is a high school student who states, “I’ve been ...

Pros: Thought provoking, excellent cast, good humor and good music.
Cons: Almost maddeningly unpredictable.

With or without divine intervention, Saved! may be the greatest film that no one will see this year. It's one thing to sit people down and show them all the gory details of what happened to Jesus Christ all those years ago. It's quite another ...

Pros: Jena Malone, Mary-Louise Parker, Eva Amurri, very fun lines, wonderful message
Cons: gets a little cheesy, is sad if you think about it too much

In his feature film debut, writer/director Brian Dannelly scores an unlikely comedy hit with a tragic theme: intolerance and lack of sex education at Christian schools. The plot sounds like an after school special, but rarely have I laughed so much at ...

Pros: Macauley Culkin's Halloween costume
Cons: contrived, predictable ending

A friend I trust with movie and book recommendations told me to rent this hilarious movie starring… Macauley Culkin… and Mandy Moore? To say the least, I was very, very skeptical, but he has yet to fail me, so I rented Saved! ...

Pros: Light, funny, and entertaining, but definitely not mindless.
Cons: Heavy-handed at times, but not cripplingly so.

So it’s a teen romantic comedy. Haven’t we all seen this before? I mean, every year there’s another one, isn’t there? Well, not really. This one’s a little bit different. Sure it’s a fairly standard, by-the-book teen movie, ...

Pros: Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Culkin
Cons: predictable in spots, final act is a bit too tidy

Ever since the heavy-handed Passion of the Christ made its way to theatres earlier this year, a movie like Saved! has been sorely needed. Though its accusers would have you believe otherwise, the film is hardly an attack on all things ...

Pros: Directing/Screenplay, Cinematography, Production, Soundtrack, Malone, Moore, Culkin, & Amurri.
Cons: A Hollywood, Safe Ending & Patrick Fugit's Lack of Character Development.

With the recent uproar over the success of Mel Gibson’s 2004 film “The Passion of the Christ”, religion has returned to the silver screen. Of course, controversy has never left the genre with people debating over what Jesus did for the world. Gibson’ ...

Pros: funny and at times, hilarious, solid performances from a good ensemble cast
Cons: a few slow spots, too Hollywood of an ending, the last act

The best thing I can possibly say about Saved!, the new film produced by Michael Stipe and directed by Brian Dannelly, is that for all the normal teen movie things it has (the popular clique run by an obnoxious brat, the band of outcasts, ...

Pros: Let's see-this was mildly entertaining-slightly funny-good for an inocuous night of frivolity.
Cons: I thought it could have been a funnier film.

Summer movies. What can I expound on here. For some unknown reason, I find most summer movies appeal to basically two groups. The first is children and teenagers and the second is guys who love violent films and action flicks. There never seems to be ...

Pros: Funny, surprisingly tender script that preaches acceptance; terrific ensemble; Mandy Moore
Cons: Ending a little too syrupy and predictable

Mary (Jena Malone) has a secret. A senior member of the popular and benevolently sassy Christian Jewels triad at an evangelical high school, she is pregnant. The pregnancy, a result of a one time sacrificial shag to shuffle her boyfriend (Chad Faust) ...

Pros: The first three quarters of the movie are fantastic...
Cons: ...but the ending is annoyingly sappy.

Every time I return to Epinions after a month of recuperation from the previous review I have to field questions on what I've been up to. This time however all I really need to say is that I've had some unique experiences involving muffins (English), six ...

Pros: hilarious satire with a very important message
Cons: loses hilarity in second half; weak special features on DVD

Saved! is your typical teen movie. That is, if you're typical teens are Jesus freaks. Producer Michael Stipe (don't I know him from somewhere?) and director Brian Dannelly bring us an excellent satire of teens who take religion a bit too seriously. ...

Pros: Occasionally sharp
Cons: Not usually

Saved! is one of those movies that is pleasant despite itself. Most of the characters are as two-dimensional as the paper on which their lines are written and it would be a chore to find a plot saturated with as much formula. Not scathing or ...

Pros: A pretty good comedy film.
Cons: No one said it was winning any comedy awards.

After being a product of a Catholic education for 16 years, no one knows better that Catholic schooling is a prime category to make a hilarious comedy about. Some might gawk at the irreverence of doing so, but let’s face it, God has a sense of humor ...