12 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 14, 2004
'Saved!' lampoons teens, Christianity 'SOTTKs
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wake-up call: She's preenant. sandra (Eva Amurri, "The Banger Sis- school as the "angelic" popular cu-.toexclletperfomncesa. witer.......
"Saved!" has all the elements of a tees") help to produce laughs that see sader trying to save the heathens (i.e., Muc o h e humrisftdeived "Cofe and Ci ats"d f' ' 6e
standard teen flick: boys, prom, more not brought on by sacrilegious everyone dressed in black). After frmteakw atssof tesitu- ly feels lik a col 'ton of scenel
boys, popularity and the outcasts ver- humor. numerous schmaltzy movies, Moore tina; in every asee the actrs e l1dtogethr y .st o bite y'
sus the beautiful people. But "Saved!" Amongst the ensemble cast, some finally gets the acting right. Her char- a seemto'ihrbarely knw o-r 'fidelies'Tbe ihz lu n tlvn
also has something movies like "She's actors pull their weight more than oth- acter is believable, as audietnces hate stogl islie.In"Somewftre in youwib th mchto tia uSbht
All That" didn't have - lots of dark era. Both Macaulay Culkin and Mary- her but still can't help pitying her. Calfornia," Iggy PopadTom yorway ot f .te .pi t a
humor. tt's the sarcasm and twisted Louise Parker's subtley complement While "Saved!" might poke fun at Wgis et pat 'ka old dive f aa entertainous s dii
natue that save the film. the predictably over-the-top Cassan- everything religious under the sun, bar. Whn Iggyomakesaefrece moeius trum s w)t vIh i Iwn
While it's often hilarious, "Saved!" des and dramatic Mary. It's a big sue- the movie is eventually poignant and tthbar' sabty natre, Wasits.hihy;uiqu brand of oedy ;
teeters on the verge of overusing the prise foe audiences to see Mandy loaded with life lessons. And although suggestsathygoto "TacBlo.rH.* *.* .
Jesus jokes. Luckily, the creative-but- Moore like she's never been before. stereotypes of teenage life are exag- IHOP eft s tatmightbemore . ,, 0
realistic quirks of characters like the Cmuising to school in her wheelchair- gerated in "Saved!" it's fundamentally Iggy'a tleIn Cousins? Alfre-A B a- 3rr/ tr
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