I swear. I had to get past the advertisement to read a Salon article.
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Mary (Jena Malone) -- born again at the age of 3 and an unquestioning bible thumper ever since -- is about to start her senior year at American Eagle Christian High School, and God is smiling on her. She and her pretty, devout friend Hilary Faye (Mandy Moore) are popular, she has a handsome boyfriend, Dean (Chad Faust), and she religiously rocks out at Christian concerts. The first sign of trouble is when ice-skating, chastity embracing Dean tells Mary he thinks he's gay. Determined to bring her man back to the Lord, Mary makes a deal with Jesus: She'll seduce Dean if the Lamb of God then restores her "emotional" and "spiritual" virginity. Cut to a few weeks later: Dean-o's been packed off to sexuality rehab, Mary can't keep her breakfast down, and all of a sudden Jesus is looking a lot less like a pal and a lot more like a used car salesman.
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