"Good girl" Mary and her domineering best friend, Hilary Faye, are starting their senior year at the top of the social food chain at American Eagle Christian High School--that is until Mary's boyfriend tells her that he thinks he may be gay. When Jesus appears to her in a vision, she heeds his message to "do everything she can to help her boyfriend" and, to her horror, she ends up pregnant. Suddenly, Mary begins to question everything she's believed in, and Hilary Faye and her devoted "disciples" soon turn against her. As an outcast, Mary finds herself alone until she's befriended by the school's other pariahs: Hilary Faye's cynical wheelchair-bound brother, Roland; the principal's skater heart-throb son, Patrick; and the high school's lone Jew, an exuberant rebel named Cassandra. The group of outsiders band together to navigate the treacherous halls of high school and make it to graduation--ultimately learning more about themselves, finding faith in unexpected places, and realizing what it truly means to be Saved!
Production United Artists (presents) (copyright owners); Single Cell Pictures; Infinity Media; James Forsyth Casting Inc. (uncredited); Red Bull Productions [ca](uncredited);
Cast Names Jena Malone; Mandy Moore; Macaulay Culkin; Patrick Fugit; Heather Matarazzo; Eva Amurri; Chad Faust; Elizabeth Thai; Martin Donovan; Mary-Louise Parker; Kett Turton; Julia Arkos; Donna White; James Caldwell; Nicki Clyne; Aaron Douglas; Patricia Drake; Brent Fidler; Jay Hilliker; John Innes; Greg Kean; Joe MacLeod; Althea McAdam; Thomas Plustwik; Syndie Skeeles; Susan Wilkey; Valerie Bertinelli;
Box Office USD 8,786,715
Release Date 2004-01-21 (Sundance Film Festival) 2004-04-14 (Gen Art Film Festival) 2004-04-17 (Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival) 2004-04-21 (Philadelphia International Film Festival) 2004-04-29 (Nashville Film Festival) 2004-05-01 (Independent Film Festival of Boston) 2004-05-08 (Maryland Film Festival) 2004-05-22 (Seattle International Film Festival) 2004-05-28 (limited) 2004-06-12 (Waterfront Film Festival) 2004-06-16 (Provincetown International Film Festival)
Genres Comedy; Drama;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated PG-13 for strong thematic issues involving teens - sexual
content, pregnancy, smoking and language.