Protected! occurs as 2004 comedy film written by Brian Dannelly and Michael Urban, and directed by Dannelly. It stars Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit, Martin Donovan, and Mary-Louise Parker. It was filmed inside Vancouver, British Columbia but set around suburban Baltimore, Maryland. Michael Stipe of the band R.E.M. is one of the film's producers.

A motion picture's plot revolves in Mary (Malone), the senior at the Christian high school in Baltimore, Maryland, who becomes pregnant because she believes Jesus wants her to have sex sustaining her swain to help save him from either existence the homosexual. However, her young man is however gay & whenever his parents send him dispatch to the ex-gay clinic, Mary is left alone to deal by owning her maternity, & existence an unpopular teen girl, by owning the class actiin of unpopular friends, & the crush on the cute son. Across her adolescence lawsuits & visitation she begins to wonder her religion & what she really believes.

the film is usually in agreement to become a big critique of Christian fundamentalists that are self-important, talk down to the disabled or even non-Christians, & generally demonize, antagonize, & try to vary others world health organization might non watch their religious practice when it launder. Whether or even does'nt these are specifically the critique of Christianity itself is debatable.

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Criticisms of the film

Tremendously of the criticism of the film was above its politics.A film hwhen been critisized as existence "anti-Christian", endorsing a "homosexual life-style" & pandering to the political left. Critics stand pointed to occasionally of the characters, like Hilary Faye, when existence stereotypes of Christian fundamentalism having been created specifically for the audience to deride.

DVD

The DVD version of the film is availiable with the director's audio comment, access to deleted scenes, & a select few pratfall.