Continuing with the religion-themed movie marathon, i watched Saved! with Jason and Maggie last night at the Podium. We met up about an hour before it was supposed to start, so we got to get some grub at the Jap grill somewhere in the building. Mmmm...seafood teppanyaki... Yummy!
The movie was a riot! The movie revolves around Jena Malone's character whose boyfriend recently "outed" himself to her while swimming in their pool. This snowballs to hilarious antics of Jena trying to "save" by doing it, resulting to an unwanted pregnancy. Throughout her concealed pregnancy she makes friends with the misfits of her school and gets into some bizaare and interesting situations. Of course, no movie is complete without the token mean girl, who's played by Mandy Moore (to the hilt, i might add). The results of thus, well, sums up to some expected (albeit funny) outcomes. The antics were giddy fun (i especially loved the part where the "posse" tries to "exorcise Satan" out of Jena's character) , although at times a tad melodramatic. Still, it's refreshing to see a movie that features some of yesterday's child stars grown up and acting (Macaulay Culkin, last seen in The Good Son, is Mandy's invalid brother whose boyish charm mixes perfectly with sarcastic wit), and a "movie with morals" which provides a humorous take on the issue on religion.
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