Most people looking for a fun, cheesy movie would look at the movie Saved, see that it stars Mandy Moore, and immediately run away for fear of a depressing walk that they will always remember, while their friends get to see them cry for a moment (bam, two horrible references in one! You are free to forget that that sentence exists). However, Saved is awesome in that Mandy Moore actually plays the antagonist: a stuck up, "holier than thou" character, while the lead is taken by the amazing Jena Malone (Donnie Darko). Saved is awesome in that it manages to effectively parody judgemental religious people without offending Christianity itself.
The film follows the aptly named Mary (played by Malone), whose life as a 'good, pure Christian girl' is overturned when her boyfriend gets her pregnant, then realizes he is gay. After becoming shunned and attacked by the popular Hillary Faye (played by Moore), she finds support in Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone) and the Jewish girl Cassandra, played by Eva Amurri (Californication). The acting is great fun all around: seeing Culkin play a badass in a wheelchair is super awesome, and Mandy Moore makes the most entertaining religious extremist ever.
The cheesy fun of this film comes from its protrayals of fanaticism. Basically everything Hillary Faye or the school's Pastor/Principal Skip (Martin Donovan) says or does is hilariously cheesy, and will make you laugh alot. Some examples include Hillary Faye (who, by the way, always goes by her full name: that's why I'm typing it all out) trying to perform an exorcism in the back of her van, throwing a Bible at someone, and the pastor asking an assembly "who's down with G-O-D?". The crowning moment of the film is Hillary Faye driving her car into a giant statue of Jesus.
Also cheesy fun are the 'rebellious' antics of Cassandra. From telling the school's gym about her "hot pussy" while pretending to speak in tongues, to screaming at a guy in the school cafeteria about her muffin shop being closed, Cassandra's always an extra helping of fun on an already awesome film.
Anyway, Saved is another dialogue-driven film, so here are a few examples to try and get y'all to watch it:
Hillary Faye: [throws a Bible at Mary] I am FILLED with Christ's love! You are just jealous of my success in the Lord. (note the "throws a bible at Mary")
HF: " I crashed my van into Jesus! Okay? I have a pimple the size of Jupiter! I am NOT okay!"
HF: "shut up, you fornicator!"
Mary's Mom: "having a child is like owning a car. I can change the oil and fill the gas tank and I can take it to a car wash, but if the carburetor broke, I wouldn't know what to do."
Pastor Skip: "Let's get our Christ on, let's kick it Jesus-style!"
Anyway, my advice for Saved is the same as my advice for Josie: I would reccomend it to almost anybody, and you should really watch it at some point. I am fully open to watching it with anybody, so come over here and watch it with me. However, if you don't want to, I would definitely suggest you watch it, because it is one of the funniest movies you will ever see.
If you can't find it, Amazon has it:
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