Saved!
Saved is a 2004 American teen comedydrama film involving elements of religious satire. It was directed by Brian Dannelly and written by Dannelly and Michael Urban. It stars Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin in his second theatrically released film since 1994s Richie Rich, Patrick Fugit, Eva Amurri, Martin Donovan, and MaryLouise Parker. The film touches on the issues of religion, ostracism, homophobia, teen pregnancy, divorce, and disabilities.
Despite Marys efforts, when she comes by Deans house on the morning of the first day of school, Deans parents tell her that they found gay pornography under his bed and that theyre sending him to Mercy House, a Christian treatment center. Mary tells her friends, as well as Hilarys brother Roland Macaulay Culkin, who uses a wheelchair, about Deans homosexuality, and makes them promise to keep it a secret. When they arrive at school, they see Cassandra Edelstein Eva Amurri, the schools only Jewish student and a rebel who despises Hilary. In homeroom, Mary meets new student Patrick Patrick Fugit, the son of the schools principal, Pastor Skip Wheeler Martin Donovan, a skateboarder who has been doing missionary work through skateboarding in South America. Mary tries to put up a good front at the assembly, in which Cassandra fakes speaking in tongues in order to get under the skins of the other students.Mary soon realizes that she is pregnant from her encounter with Dean. When she goes to Planned Parenthood to confirm the pregnancy, she is seen by Roland and Cassandra. Roland reveals that he isnt really a Christian, unlike his fanatically religious sister. Cassandra reveals shes only at American Eagle after being thrown out of her old school and decided she could handle the freaks at American Eagle over being homeschooled by her parents. Roland and Cassandra bond over their shared skepticism. Mary finds out that shes not due to give birth until after her high school graduation and decides to hide her condition from her friends and family until then. However, she feels forsaken by Jesus and loses her faith, causing her to be ostracized by Hilary and replaced in the Christian Jewels with a previously unpopular girl, Tia Heather Matarazzo, whos been struggling to get into the Christian Jewels for years. Later, after Pastor Skip gets word about Mary, he tells the Jewels to help Mary regain her faith, but they seem to misunderstand him and stop Mary in the street and try to e
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