Fireproof

"Never leave your partner behind."

2008 1h 58m EN

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7.7

BANGER

★7.7TMDB · 881

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Synopsis

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A heroic fire captain values dedication and service to others above all else, but the most important partnership in his life, his marriage, is about to go up in smoke.

“Never leave your partner behind.”

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Cast

Kirk Cameron
Caleb Holt
Erin Bethea
Catherine Holt
Ken Bevel
Michael Simmons
Stephen Dervan
Wayne Floyd
Ric Young
Terrell Sanders
Jason McLeod
Eric Harmon
Harris Malcom
John Holt
Phyllis Malcom
Cheryl Holt

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alex Kendrick
Writers: Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $33M — a 66.9× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Alex Kendrick shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Kirk Cameron and Erin Bethea and Ken Bevel carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Never leave your partner behind.".

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IMDB entry: tt1129423 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Alex Kendrick directs. Alex Kendrick cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $0.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $33M — a 66.9× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
3Released 18 years ago.
4Editor Alex Kendrick shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Kirk Cameron and Erin Bethea and Ken Bevel carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Never leave your partner behind.".
7IMDB entry: tt1129423 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 14 themes, including "fire", "husband wife relationship", "parent child relationship", "faith".

The technical file

Editing: Alex Kendrick
Runtime: 118 min · 1h 58m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $500,000
Box office: $33,473,297
Return: 6695% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Fireproof (2008)

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tmdb280390232022-08-25
★ 4/10
I think Catherine Holt (Erin Bethea) sums up very well what’s wrong with her marriage to Caleb (Kirk Cameron): “You can’t expect me to work every day and get the groceries while you look at trash on the Internet dreaming about your boat.” She has a point, or rather two. According to her, Caleb “tuck[s] away a third of [his] salary saving for a boat we don’t need. [He has] $24,000 in savings when things in our house need fixing." You can’t argue with that; having a boat is after all a single guy kind of thing to do. I don’t need to tell the movie this – what with it being a "faith-based” drama –, but “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” In other words, ye cannot have a wife and a boat. As for the “trash” that Caleb is so fond of – i.e., porn –, I could see a way to work that into a marriage, but then both parties would have to be on board, and that’s precisely the problem with this movie. To help him save his marriage, Caleb’s father John (Harris Malcom) presents him with “The Love Dare;” a 40-day program that goes something like this: “Day one: … For the next day resolve to say nothing negative to your spouse at all. If the temptation arises, choose not to say anything … Day two: … In addition to saying nothing negative to your spouse today, do at least one unexpected gesture as an act of kindness,” and so on and so forth (on the 16th day he has to pray for her; in the movie’s funniest line, Caleb confesses “I kind of skipped that one.” This obviously happens before he relents and accepts Jesus Christ into his heart). Catherine takes her husband’s newfound attentiveness with a grain of salt (her friends advise her that “He’s trying to butter you up for a divorce,” whatever that means). Caleb calls his father and complains that “None of this means anything to her,” and he’s right, but how could it be any other way? How can something she doesn’t even know is going on mean anything to her? Oddly, when John talks about his experience with the Love Dare, he speaks in plural – e.g., “There was a point when we had no hope either” –; unless he’s using the royal ‘We,’ he means himself and Caleb’s mother. Caleb, on the other hand, hides the whole thing from Catherine, which a) doesn’t seem like the best way to go about repairing your marriage and b) wouldn’t it work better if it were a two-sided effort? It’s not like she’s completely blameless, either. And now to give the Devil, or I guess Jesus, his due. Caleb is a firefighter, and he and his crew are called to the scene of a traffic accident. A woman is trapped inside the wrecked vehicle, which in turn is sitting on some tracks right on the path of an oncoming train. They are “currently unable to make contact with the train dispatcher,” so Caleb & Co. have no choice but to manfully push the car out of harm’s way. This is all kinds of great. Not only does it put to shame many a newer, much more expensive film (is it an actual train? I’m not going to go out on a limb that it is, but if it’s CGI, then it’s the best damn CGI train I’ve ever seen), but it makes me care about the characters because I can believe they truly are firefighters putting their lives on the line – quite literally, in this case. Now, if only the movie had been about firefighting instead of a loveless marriage that avoids ending up in divorce thanks to a little ménage à dieu.

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