Monday, October 11, 2004

Saved!

Are teen movies getting better? Saw Mean Girls a while ago and then Saved a few days ago and both have more or less the same plot and cast of characters and both very well done (except that Saved was funnier. I particularly like how the Jesus fish on the Jewish girl's car had "gefilte" written in it. How many people have I offended already?). Funny and sharp and able to laugh at itself for taking with some seriousness the characters and the genre - and rather formulaic. In that characterisation rather like romantic comedies (thinking specifically now of Working Title productions).