The first 45 minutes of this wickedly clever comedy features the smartest, tartest high-school satire since Alexander Payne's ELECTION. Giddily unmasking the intolerance that often comes cloaked in religious piety, the film exhausts itself long before it's over. But in the spirit of the true Christian charity it ultimately extols, the film's shortcomings are forgivable. Mary (Jena Malone) is about to enter her senior year at American Eagle Christian High School when disaster strikes. After her boyfriend, Dean (Chad Faust), confides that he thinks he might be gay, a stunned Mary has a sudden vision of Jesus (Thomas Plustwick), who tells her it's up to her to help Dean...
Released:
2004
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
92 mins