Saved
I guess it was getting my hopes up to think that in a film about a Christian fundamentalist school I was going to get to see Mandy Moore and Jena Malone indulge in some naked mud wrestling, huh?
Regardless of this let down, I actually quite liked this film. Yes, the Christians are easy targets to poke fun at, but damn it they should be. Well not all of them. But some. The annoying ones who seem to live only to point out everyone else is going to hell. You know the ones. They give out pamphlets on city street corners. It's just good than in a conservative age like this where the US President claims he is doing God's work (maybe he'll be canonized after he's dead?) and where The Passion of The Christ has seemingly replaced the Bible the world over that a film like this can come out at all.
Anyways, I'm getting off the point. Mandy should have won several Academy Awards for her performance here (or at least a few of those dodgy MTV awards, like ‘Best Mandy Moore Performance of the Year Award' or ‘Hottest Chick Not Naked On Film') because she almost convinces you she is a bitch when you know in real life she can't be a bitch because she is real pretty. And if Mandy goes to hell for making this film then I'm fine with going there with her.