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Weekend Movie Forecast: <em>To Save a Life</em> Vs. <em>The Tooth Fairy</em>

Put down that Left Behind book, turn off Way of the Master, and go call the gang from youth group, cause the best movie since Fireproof is heading our way. To Save a Life is about this all-American teen, just like us, who is really popular, dating the hottest girl in school but is tempted into pre-marital sex (oh no!) and then his best friend kills himself (ultimate sin!). Jake then has to go on a heart-smart journey, with the help of a cool pastor, in order to convince his pregnant girlfriend to keep the baby, and lead a good christian life. Andy Webster (some heathen probably) from The Times (that liberal rag) says: "The director, Brian Baugh, was the cinematographer for the conservative screed An American Carol, a clumsy parody of Michael Moore movies, and here similar politics come in adolescent camouflage. The film would be a mere nuisance if not for its shameless exploitation of school shootings to advance its agenda. But forget the lame performances and arch, preachy sentiment; the movieâs sham hip-hop and spurious alternative music alone should keep teenagers away. Thank goodness." — Gothamist

Published Jan 22, 2010

Modified Jan 22, 2010

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Click on the film stills for details and reviews of this week's new releases and repertory screenings, which include To Save a Life, Extraordinary Measures, The Tooth Fairy, Legion, The Girl on the Train, Creation, A Room and a Half, The Paranoids, The Room (supposedly the "worst movie ever"), Jurassic Park, Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970, and Ed Ed Wood's Bride of the Monster.