Saved!

Mary (Jena Malone) is entering her senior year at American Eagle Christian High School. She seems to be in an ideal social position as one of the "Christian Jewels," the most devout and popular clique of girls in the school, led by the aggressively cheerful Hilary Faye (Mandy Moore). But things take ...more

Too timid to be truly subversive, Saved! is saved from being a middling high-school comedy by first-time writer/director Brian Dannelly's light pop touch and a superb ensemble cast. Jena Malone, an intelligent young actress, provides the solid center of the film. The film satirizes a kind of deceptively cheerful, youth-oriented brand of evangelical Christianity, as personified by Pastor Skip (Martin Donovan), who exhorts his receptive teenage audience with, "Let's get our Jesus on," and "Let's ...more