Saved! (DVD)

Saved! Is the biting and often funny story of a strict Christian school in the United States, where the students are 'down with GOD' and the leading ladies are members of the illusive Christians Jewels. Mary, a born again Christian happily involves herself in the good book, helping charities, organising events and being an all round good girl, but when her boyfriend admits to being gay her world tumbles around her as she tries to convert him, not thinking that she could get herself pregnant in the process…. Hilary Faye is the perfect Christian do gooder, she looks after her physically disabled brother and basically runs the school protecting Jesus' love and spreading it ...

Saved! is going to offend some people. It's a shame, as it really shouldn't, but it's an inevitability. Offence really can't be entirely avoided when you have a film set in a Christian high school, and then throw teen pregnancy and homosexuality and a bunch of other issues into the mix. Now assuming one can leave their politics to one side, Saved! is in turns both hilarious and dramatic, while also managing to offer an actual message, something usually missing from the usual parade of similar teen films. The film follows Mary (Jena Malone), a Christian who sleeps with her boyfriend only in an attempt to "save" him from homosexuality. Unfortunately ...