While standing in line in a Christian bookstore last December, advent wreath in hand, I noticed an obscene amount of people with holding t-shirts.� I passed the t-shirt display when I entered the store, but since I never wear message t-shirts (Christian or otherwise) I didn’t really pay attention to them until I was the only person in line without one.� When I asked the woman in front of me (who had at least 5) what the commotion was all about, she told me the t-shirts were simply a free gift with the pre-purchase of a Fireproof, a movie that would be released on DVD in January.
I had never heard of it, and joked that either the movie was really good or the t-shirts really comfortable.� She laughed, but told me the movie was good enough to change her marriage.� She and her husband, after thirty or so years of marriage, were on the verge of divorce.� Now things were on track and she was in the store to buy a copy of the DVD for her children, nieces, and nephews as Christmas presents.� (That explained all the t-shirts she was holding!)� The people with me in line agreed that it was a great movie.� I wasn’t sure a movie could change your life but I bought a copy for the Mister and I for Christmas.
I finally went back to the store and picked up my copy last week.� We both thought the movie was great, but there are a few things you should know.� To begin with, this movie has an overtly religious theme and message.� If that is not your thing, this is not your movie.� Secondly, the movie was produced on donation.� Kirk Cameron worked for a donation to his favorite charity, but the rest of the cast and crew were volunteers.� Therefore, don’t be expecting revolutionary cinematography or academy award winning performances.� These are people from church who donated their time to make a movie they believed in (and were probably also hoping to earn some SAG credits).
The best way to describe this movie is a little something I like to call the Lifetime Channel story arc.� Work with� me–this will all make sense in a minute.� You know when you are bored and there is nothing on TV so you end up watching the Lifetime Channel?� The first ten minutes you spend rolling your eyes at the acting and scratching your head at the direction and wishing someone would call you on the phone.� But, somewhere around minute eleven you start to get invested.� Midway through the movie you are completely immersed and can match the characters in the movie with people you know in real life.� By the time you hit the last ten minutes of the movie, you have laughed, cried, and, in the end, are sad to see the movie end.� That’s this movie.
So, if you are looking for something to watch today AND any other day of the year (I personally think Valentine’s Day is the most ridiculous holiday EVER) and are not opposed to a gospel message about love and marriage give this one a try.
(Here is the official movie for the trailer. Feed readers might have to click through to the site to watch.)
I have seen this movie everywhere and now I know what it is! Thank you…
I have been like that with several LIFETIME movies….I’m not going to lie.
I think I will give this one a try :)
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Lifetime is my go-to channel. We even have the Lifetime Movie Network now … woot! I always joke that it’s the channel you can put on when you’re sick. You can doze in and out all day, wake during different movies and know that someone has either died, been raped, or is in a horribly cheesy love misunderstanding.
I’ve heard Fireproof is a life-changing movie. Your post (and the trailer) makes me want to see it. You should get royalties or something.
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Jules. I too now want to see this movie. I was kind of “eh” about it before…(I am just not that into movies these days b/c my attention span is that of, oh, say a two-year old) but now I’m dying to see it! My marriage is fine, but how can it hurt, right?
Also, I got the book Love Dare for Christmas and need to read it! :) Thanks for the good description!
I am so glad to know that I’m not the only one who gets caught up in those horrible Lifetime movies. And the story arc is exactly how it goes every single time. Maybe Lifetime will play this movie some day!
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This thing has really made its rounds! I just started a couple’s bible study and we are focusing on this exact movie! Small world. Can’t wait to dive in. It really does seem amazing.
That looks totally cheesy and right up my alley! I had heard about this movie last fall, but only in that he never kisses his “onscreen” wife as he and his real life wife have a deal about not kissing anyone other than each other onscreen. So I guess there’s a scene where you see them kissing but in silhouette? That’s really Kirk Cameron’s real wife. Which is really kind of cool in this day and age, and sounds completely fitting with the message of the movie.
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Carey–I forgot all about that deal! I remember hearing something about that during press for a Growing Pains reunion. I know a lot of people would probably rolling there eyes at that, but I think it’s kind of romantic.
Wow, I just read the comment about him kissing his real wife onscreen instead of the actress. That’s really cool. Bold, new, and totally radical for today’s acting. Love it. We almost picked this movie up the other night and didn’t, we’ll go back and give it a chance. I heard someone else saying how it made them look at their marriage differently and now I’d like to hear about – gospel message is fine by me, too!! Any movie geared to increasing the marriage rate and decreasing the divorce rate definately needs some sort of an award, even if it’s not for the cinematography or impeccable acting.