"Saved!"

My first review in a while. "Saved!" is a black teen-comedy about a senior girl who accidentally misinterprets a "vision from Jesus" and has sex with her recently out-of-the-closet boyfriend in hopes of swaying him away from his evil ways. In the end, the now-gay boyfriend is sent to a rehab of sorts and the girl becomes pregnant.

The movie is quite funny, kudos to well developed characters like Macaulay Culkin's wheel-chair bound cynic. I agree with the movie's stance towards tolerance and maturity, how you can't blindly follow one faith. My only problem was that it took too easy potshots at Christianity in general. It felt like its message got really antagonistic and bitter before the characters finally backed off and tried to be neutral again. The villain, played by Mandy Moore, was also a little too cliche for me. Her character had a lot of detail. But at the same time, she felt one-sided and too easy to hate. Her mannerisms had a tone of "Look! The villain is Christian and a bitch! It's like Christian Mean Girls!"

Otherwise, it's a nice comedy with a good message, if a little too simplistic. Whatever happened to Macaulay Culkin?