Saved! at the tender age of 15. Gay, closeted, and convinced I was going to Hell (isn’t religion great?!), I had never seen a movie that tackled questions of faith and sexuality.

So when I stumbled upon Saved!–Brian Dannelly’s 2004 comedy about Mary, a Christian high schooler who accidentally gets pregnant after having sex with her gay boyfriend in order to make him straight (we’ve all been there, right?)–you could say the metaphorical clouds parted and I was immediately converted.

Subscribe to our daily newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Now, 20 years after it was first released, I decided to give Saved!

a rewatch, and count all the reasons why–hand to God–you should too…I will forever bow down to Brian Dannelly for gifting the world with Saved!

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