So now I will present what I think were several problems that lead up to breakdown of their marriage based on several key statements made in the first two arguments of the movie. Catherine’s behavior is seen simply as a wife’s natural reaction to a mean and self-centered husband and we are supposed to believe Caleb’s behavior came out of thin air.Ĭaleb says the problems started about a year earlier.
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There is only one small scene in the movie where a Christian nurse confronts Catherine’s sinful emotional affair with a doctor at the hospital. Most Christian reviewers of the movie as well as the people who produced the movie itself want your primary focus to be on Caleb’s wrong behavior and not Catherine’s. The chain of events that lead to the breakdown of Caleb and Catherine’s marriage So now we will dive into the problems that make “Fireproof” a movie that Bible believing Christians should reject. She becomes a Christian because of the change she saw in him and they renew their wedding vows as Christians. Then after becoming a Christian he redoubles his efforts despite his wife basically spitting in his face the entire movie only for her to accept him back at the end of the movie. In the middle of the movie when Caleb feels his efforts with the love dare are not working his father uses his failed efforts to bring him to Christ. It must be pointed out that neither Caleb nor his wife Catherine are Christians at the beginning of this film.Ĭaleb receives a handwritten journal that is later referred to as “The Love Dare” and it gives Caleb 40 days where each day he must working on his marriage with most days asking him to do something kind for his wife. He offers to send his son something that he wants him to try before he gives up on his marriage. Caleb talks to his father who had become a Christian in recent years and his father tells him of marriage troubles his mother and he had. Eventually Catherine says she wants a divorce and they go through the divorce process during the movie. He is short with her and she is disrespectful with him. The movies shows right from the beginning a strained relationship between Caleb and his wife Catherine. Movie Synopsisįireproof features Kirk Cameron in the lead role as a firefighter named Caleb Holt.
The “love dare” and many other books and marriage teaching materials spawned from this movie and some churches to this day still use this movie to teach advice about marriage. Fireproof was released in September of 2008 and it became an instant hit in churches around the country.
People are exhorted to do just about anything to save their marriage. Retrieved April 3, 2009.One of the biggest of problems with the Fireproof movie is that it turns marriage into an idol. ^ 'Dove Foundation Announces Crystal Seal Award Winners'.'FIREPROOF Wins $100,000 Epiphany Prize'. San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival. ^ 'San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival Announces 2009 Jubilee Award Winners'.'Report from San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival'. ^ ' Fireproof Actor Talks about DVD Release'.^ 'Weekend Box Office Results for September 26–28, 2008'.^ 'Fireproof: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack To Release July 14'.'Stephen Kendrick Interview' (Interview). ^ Kendrick, Stephen (September 2, 2008).'Kirk Cameron is Fireproof in New Movie'. 'Devotion keeps actor Kirk Cameron centered'. ^ Dransfeldt, Jeffrey (September 26, 2008).' Fireproof: When Filmmakers Believe in Miracles'. ^ a b c Keegan, Rebecca Winters (October 3, 2008).The Dove Foundation's Crystal Seal Awards Jason McLeod as Eric Harmon, a rookie firefighter.Chelsea Noble ( uncredited) as Catherine Holt's body double, who appeared in the scene where Caleb and Catherine reconcile, as Cameron will not kiss any woman but his wife.Erin Bethea as Catherine Holt, Caleb's wife, who works as a public relations director for Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.Kirk Cameron as Caleb Holt, captain of the Albany Fire Department's Station One.The film ends with Caleb and Catherine renewing their wedding vows. Caleb discovers that his mother, whom he has treated poorly, is actually the one who completed The Love Dare for his father, and not vice versa as Caleb had originally thought. Moved by Caleb's selflessness, Catherine reconciles and embraces with him. Catherine says she needs time to reconsider the divorce, and later discovers that her husband in fact used his savings to pay her mother's medical equipment and it was revealed that out of the total cost of $24,000, Dr. Catherine confronts Caleb after discovering his Love Dare journal, and he reveals to her that he has completed the challenge but is still following its guidelines.
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