I saw “Saved!” on Saturday and liked it- the satire of Christian youth showed just the right amount of bite, even though just about every review I read either called it offensive, or not anti-Christian enough. Not as good as "Mean Girls," but then few high school comedies are.
Still, the cast was a wonderful collection of former child stars: “Donnie Darko”’s Jena Malone, “Almost Famous”’ Patrick Fugit, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”’s Heather Matarazzo, Susan Sarandon’s daughter Eva Amurri, and last but not least Macaulay Culkin. I think the last time I saw one of his movies in the theater, it was “Home Alone 2.”
All in all, the second-greatest piece of Jesus-related mass pop culture in 2004- after the “South Park” Mel Gibson parody, and narrowly beating out both the “Left Behind” book and “The Passion of the Christ.”
Posted by Stephen Silver at June 7, 2004 02:36 AM