Save Me
Metascore
56 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14
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  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    This is a modest, thoughtful, independent production of exceptional insight and quietly devastating power.
  2. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
    75
    What's admirable about Save Me is that it grounds its religious and cultural debate not in vilifying one side but in sympathizing with both.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ruthe Stein
    75
    Doesn't poke fun at anyone's beliefs.
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    75
    A solid performance by the often underrated Judith Light lends considerable weight to this melodrama's controversial subject.
  5. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    75
    Even those of us who find anti-homosexual ''deprogramming'' to be hideously intolerant and naive may find ourselves oddly relieved that Mark is there (in a Christian rehab center).
  6. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Chuck Wilson
    70
    Though Save Me never quite surmounts its schematic scenario, scene by scene, beat by beat, it's pretty damn good.
  7. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    70
    Save Me is a particularly flattering showcase for Gant, best known for his work on the TV show "Queer as Folk" and ready for a big-screen breakout.
  8. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen M. Hart
    63
    Allen and Gant are principals in Mythgarden, a movie production company that promotes gay and lesbian storytelling, and Save Me makes a respectable showing as an early effort.
  9. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    63
    An earnest drama about the futility of "rescuing" gay men back to Jesus, Save Me presents a paradox: It's an issue drama in which the most compassionately drawn character is on the other side of the issue.
  10. Variety
    Reviewed by: Dennis Harvey
    60
    The first feature from new gay-focused production company Mythgarden, is a welcome exception in that it effectively dramatizes the issues without caricaturing or pillorizing either party.
  11. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Bill White
    50
    For its intention to promulgate the compatibility of Christianity with homosexuality, Save Me deserves a footnote in the political battle between these traditionally adversarial groups. As a movie, it doesn't amount to much more than an after school-special with sex and profanity.
  12. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Nathan Lee
    50
    Never quite shakes off its aura of second-rate made-for-TV movie, Save Me has a lot of heart but little nerve and no surprise.
  13. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    30
    Insipid, TV-bland drama.
  14. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    25
    Sounds like a great idea for a gay porno, but the soapy Save Me actually takes itself seriously.

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