In a Protestant Christian school, the fanatic and wealthy Hilary Faye (Mandy Moore) and Mary are best friends. Their friendship ends when Mary gets pregnant, after having sex with her gay boyfriend trying to "save" him, and questions Jesus' will. Meanwhile, the rebel Jewish Cassandra dates Hilary's brother, the crippled Roland (Macaulay Culkin), and together with the newcomer son of the local pastor, Patrick, they become the new friends of Mary, supporting her situation.
There are other issues, such as the idea of de-gayification, and we see at least one obvious picture of George W. Bush (which reminds me of the film "Jesus Camp").
What drew me to this film originally (I stayed because it's a good movie) are the two leading ladies. This film treats us to Mandy Moore's nipples... no bra? It must be cold in Vancouver... though, she could have cut the mullet. And I used to have a crush on Jena Malone, but I'm not sure why... must be a "Donnie Darko" thing.
I strongly urge people to get the DVD of this film. It comes with two commentaries. One is a Jena Malone and Mandy Moore commentary, which is very much girl chatter, but has interesting tidbits: like, we find out that Mandy is a good shot. Cassandra is "not smoking real cigarettes" -- but what are they? And we hear more about the film's music, notably "Whoomp" and the "Exorcist" theme.
I didn't listen to the other commentary (yet).
There are other issues, such as the idea of de-gayification, and we see at least one obvious picture of George W. Bush (which reminds me of the film "Jesus Camp").
What drew me to this film originally (I stayed because it's a good movie) are the two leading ladies. This film treats us to Mandy Moore's nipples... no bra? It must be cold in Vancouver... though, she could have cut the mullet. And I used to have a crush on Jena Malone, but I'm not sure why... must be a "Donnie Darko" thing.
I strongly urge people to get the DVD of this film. It comes with two commentaries. One is a Jena Malone and Mandy Moore commentary, which is very much girl chatter, but has interesting tidbits: like, we find out that Mandy is a good shot. Cassandra is "not smoking real cigarettes" -- but what are they? And we hear more about the film's music, notably "Whoomp" and the "Exorcist" theme.
I didn't listen to the other commentary (yet).