Firelight
Monday, March 16th, 2009
My family and I finally got around to watching Fireproof yesterday and we thoroughly enjoyed it! While it didn’t live up to the hype of “Christian moral values with Hollywood production values”, it was still well done and a great story. Kirk Cameron’s acting is solid in the lead role of fireman Caleb Holt who lives by the motto “never
leave your partner behind” yet is on the verge of letting his marriage crumble around him. Unfortunately, most of the other actors are weak, some painfully so. But you soon get swept up in the story, making it easier to ignore the clumsiness of the acting.
When self-absorbed, insensitive Caleb is confronted with a wife who plans to leave, his dad challenges him with “the Love Dare”, a 40 day program to save his marriage. At first Caleb goes through the motions of being a better husband, but it slowly starts to dawn on him that he doesn’t have a clue what sacrificial love is. The film gives a clear and credible presentation of Jesus as the answer to the central problem of life - our sinfulness. Whether things are mostly right or mostly wrong with their marriage, all Christian couples will benefit from seeing Fireproof.
My family and I finally got around to watching Fireproof yesterday and we thoroughly enjoyed it! While it didn’t live up to the hype of “Christian moral values with Hollywood production values”, it was still well done and a great story. Kirk Cameron’s acting is solid in the lead role of fireman Caleb Holt who lives by the motto “never leave your partner behind” yet is on the verge of letting his marriage crumble around him. Unfortunately, most of the other actors are weak, some painfully so. But you soon get swept up in the story, making it easier to ignore the clumsiness of the acting.
When self-absorbed, insensitive Caleb is confronted with a wife who plans to leave, his dad challenges him with “the Love Dare”, a 40 day program to save his marriage. At first Caleb goes through the motions of being a better husband, but it slowly starts to dawn on him that he doesn’t have a clue what sacrificial love is. The film gives a clear and credible presentation of Jesus as the answer to the central problem of life - our sinfulness. Whether things are mostly right or mostly wrong with their marriage, all Christian couples will benefit from seeing Fireproof.
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