"You never leave your partner - especially in a fire"
~ Caleb Holt
Life is a dream for firefighter Caleb Holt and his wife Catherine Holt when they get married. Seven years later - it's a whole different story. When it looks like their marriage is about to be torn apart, Caleb's dad sends him a curious 40-day challenge called The Love Dare. Caleb faithfully follows the steps to a better marriage, but nothing seems to be happening to make things better. What is he missing? How can he show love to somebody that keeps rejecting him?
I was extremely honored to be asked to review this movie on behalf of Alameda Hills Baptist Church in Lakewood CO! I saw it at an early showing and was blown away. The plotline is wonderful and engaging, the shots are crisp and clear, the action is very real - and so are the elements. Friendship is a clear part of this film - Caleb's father and his fireman friend Michael are positive Christian influences on his life. Catherine has supportive friends too, but they do not give the best advice. As far as marriage goes, my mom (the ultimate married person:P) says that she thinks this movie will be very useful for strengthening and encouraging couples of all ages in America today. There are many great resources you can check out for your church or small group at www.fireproofmymarriage.com/.
This is not a movie for younger children, as the couple have frequent noisy arguments and there are some intense rescues by the firefighters. However the whole movie is very God-honoring and has a strong message. The whole cast is better with Kirk Cameron on the set, and all the acting is convincing and real. Sherwood Baptist through trial and error seems to have nailed the art of scripting without bad lines! The language is 100% clean of course, and it was nice to see some characters from FACING THE GIANTS have cameos in FIREPROOF! Check www.fireproofthemovie.com/theaters to see what theaters will be showing FIREPROOF on September 26th. Be sure to buy tickets and help this film get good box office money! Go to http://www.fireproofthemovie.com/ to find all kinds of free downloads, widgets, and church outreach supplies to help promote the movie. Go Sherwood Baptist! Keep making movies for Christ!
Directed by: Alex Kendrick ~ Written by: Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick ~ Starring: Kirk Cameron, Erin Bethea, Ken Bevel, Stephen Dervan, Jason McLeod, Alex Kendrick ~ Distributed by: Sherwood Pictures ~ Release date: September 26, 2008
4 comments:
See me about this review. I like it but it needs some tweaking my Love.
Wow MT, that is SO cool that you got to see it and review it! I am like, proud of you and I cannot wait to see it!
I just got back from watching Fireproof... it was great to see such a different-flavored movie on the regular, big screen
Me and my family have been wanting to see this we just have not been able to get it yet! It is always checked out at the library and always gone at the mivie gallery so we are just waiting till we are able to get it! We have seen facing the giants and own flywheel! We love these movies, I watch them more than any other movie! Anyway I am glad you have reviews on here we weren't sure if everyone in our family would be able to watch it like my 2 yr. old brother.
Ash
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