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7.0/10   21,183 votes
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Release Date:
16 September 2004 (Germany) more
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Heaven Help Us. more
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When a girl attending a Christian high school becomes pregnant, she finds herself ostracized and demonized, as all of her former friends turn on her. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win & 6 nominations more
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Rated PG-13 for strong thematic issues involving teens - sexual content, pregnancy, smoking and language.
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As Pastor Skip enters the school library to talk to Hilary Faye and the Christian Jewels about Mary, there is a READ poster featuring R.E.M. visible over his shoulder. Michael Stipe is the lead singer of R.E.M. and also co-produced the film. more
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Continuity: When Mary hits her head on the ladder and starts to drown, the carpenter dives into the pool to save her. When he dives in, he is wearing shoes, but as he brings her back to the surface, he is barefoot. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Mary: [voice over] I've been born again my whole life... accepting Jesus.
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Featured in "Anatomy of a Scene: Saved!" (2004) more
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75 out of 121 people found the following comment useful.
Meaner Girls, 31 October 2004
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Author: Shawn Watson (gator_macready@yahoo.com) from The Underverse

Saved is very funny satire/comedy-drama on whacked-out Christian fundamentalists.

Basically at a Christian High-School (which is about as narrow-minded, hypocritical and contradicting as my own was) there is this clique of girls called the 'Christian Jewels', which are not to dissimilar from 'The Plastics' in Mean Girls. Every girl wants to be a part of the Jewels, including geeky, desperate Tia (Heather Matarazazazazazo rehashing her role from Welcome to the Dollhouse). I would find her attractive if she hadn't dyed her hair an unconvincing blonde. Too bad she's er...married.

After earning her way into this clique Mary (Jena Malone) is devastated when her boyfriend confesses his massive gayness. Eager to 'cure' him of this ungodly condition Mary offers up her virginity to him, only to get pregnant. Obviously this bun in the oven secret threatens to tear everyone's flimsy little world apart.

Hilary Faye, the leader of the Christian Jewels is appalled at Mary's sudden lack of faith and makes it her mission to save her, whatever the method or cost. Obviously Mary doesn't appreciate this and it only drives her to further isolation.

Saved is superior to Mean Girls in terms of relevance and wit. Though I'm afraid the target audience will no doubt pass this over in favor for Miss Lohan as discussion of God and the lack of pink will fail to attract as young an audience.

The acting is great. Jena Malone is more of an actress than Lohan/Duff, Macaulay Culkin was effective as the wheelchair-bound Roland, Mandy Moore is so innocently evil as Hilary Faye she makes Regina George look timid and Eva Amurri is like so totally gorgeous! Seriously! Wow! Too bad she smokes. NEXT!

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Saved to anyone. It's funny and clever and outdoes all 'teen-comedies' by transcending the genre. A rarity indeed.

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Interesting beginning...horrible ending (spoilers) bannum46
All the Evangelical, Saved, Born againers I've ever met were disgusting! ivee489
We All Struggle - Christians and Non-Christians mypcforums
Why would God make us all so different if he wanted us to be the same? fbaler013
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