Saved!: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 0 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 145 reviews

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

59

Skewers hypocrisy and absolutism but not faith itself.
Full Review » 8 years ago
A.O. Scott New York Times (Top Critic)

40

This teen satire set in a Christian high school is an admirable attempt to acknowledge the powerful influence of religion in contemporary American youth culture.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Claudia Puig USA Today (Top Critic)

75

Not only is Saved! subversively funny, it is unexpectedly sweet.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post (Top Critic)

Condescending.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Ann Hornaday Washington Post (Top Critic)

Bears the unmistakable stamp of authenticity, even at its most outrageous.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Ty Burr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

63

Has the glitteringly satiric dialogue of Election -- and the soul of an after-school special.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Michael Atkinson Village Voice (Top Critic)

Makes the fatal error of trying to mollify its targets and ameliorate its own scorched earth.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Jack Mathews New York Daily News (Top Critic)

75

Brian Dannelly's teen farce Saved! is about three teeth short of a full bite. But it leaves an indelible impression.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Bruce Westbrook Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

75

Blessed by a potent cast, Saved! lets its teens be teens -- pimples, if not warts, and all.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Philip Wuntch Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

59

It puts a new twist on the au courant genre of mean-teen comedies.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Michael Booth Denver Post (Top Critic)

88

A wickedly funny movie well worth seeing.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Peter Rainer New York Magazine (Top Critic)

No doubt the filmmakers are bracing for -- even hoping for -- a display of ire from religious conservatives. But the truth is, nothing in Saved! stings.
Full Review » 8 years ago
David Denby New Yorker (Top Critic)

A minor work, yet it has a teasing lilt to it, and to make it at all took courage and originality.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

88

An important film as well as an entertaining one.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Allison Benedikt Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

50

Its wit and subversive charm get lost in a maze of mixed signals.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer (Top Critic)

63

Isn't as funny, or as wicked, as it should be.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Colin Covert Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

75

The characters are complex, conflicted and written with a sturdy understanding of human nature.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Tom Long Detroit News (Top Critic)

67

There are many blessed moments in this movie.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Bill Muller Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

80

It's a relevant, irreverent and emotionally honest film that suggests it's OK to laugh in church, at least every now and then.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Andrew Sarris New York Observer (Top Critic)

After two comically inventive scenes, it quickly turns soft and flat.
Full Review » 8 years ago
David Rooney Variety (Top Critic)

Full Review » 3 years ago
Lou Lumenick New York Post (Top Critic)

50

The movie's satire is so mild that MGM is actually trying to market it to Christian audiences -- who will still find enough to be offended by -- but it provides a nice showcase for its young performers.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

60

An afterschool special gone deliciously wrong.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Geoff Pevere Toronto Star (Top Critic)

60

Something puts the fear of God into Saved! about halfway in.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Liam Lacey Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

75

This is one of the most intriguing rite-of-passage teen comedies in a long time.
Full Review » 8 years ago