Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Saved!



Dannelly, B. (2004). Saved!. United Artists. PG-13. 1 hour 32 Minutes. 

Mary is a great Christian. When acting Mary always stop to think WWJD. Her seemingly normal Christian life takes a sharp turn when her Christian boyfriend, Dean, confesses he is gay. Directed by her faith Mary decides to sacrifice her virginity in order to save Dean. Unfortunately her sacrifice does not help Dean and his parents ship him off to a "degayification" camp. 

As the school year begins Mary finds out she is pregnant. Mary detaches herself from her uber-Christian friends, Hilary-Faye and Veronica. Alone, depressed, and struggling to keep her pregnancy a secret Mary and Cassandra, the school's foul-mouthed rebel, have an altercation that leads to real friendship. Mary then finds solace with a new group of friends. Hilary-Faye makes Mary a pariah and constantly looks for ways to get Mary and her new set of friends in trouble.




 

This film is a critique on the hypocrisies of Christianity--that being said it is not an anti-religious film. Instead, this film looks at the various levels of faith. Mary's faith is a bit naive at first, but after seeing Hilary-Faye use her Christian beliefs as a weapon Mary begins to understand how faith can sometimes lead to acts of pretense. The film is about acceptance of faith, individuality, and humanity.

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