Fireproof 2008

Critics score:
40 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: This is a decent attempt to combine faith and storytelling that will certainly register with its target audience. Read more

Scott Tobias, AV Club: In the history of marital discord in the movies, has there ever been a blander conflict than the one between firefighter Kirk Cameron and his goodly wife Erin Bethea in the dismal Christian-themed melodrama Fireproof? Read more

Michael Hardy, Boston Globe: With the production values of a straight-to-video cheapie and the script of a mediocre soap opera, Fireproof is good for just about one thing: dousing whatever flames might be left in your marriage. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: Unfortunately, the emphasis on what God wants has a way of overwhelming who Caleb and Catherine are as characters. Read more

Chris Willman, Entertainment Weekly: You probably can't blame pastors moonlighting as moviemakers for wanting to pack their film with multiple messages, but the conversion subplot feels shoehorned into the more crucial marital doings. Read more

Ed Gonzalez, L.A. Weekly: Fireproof stops becoming relatable to us all and only to the already, or easily, indoctrinated. Read more

Joe Leydon, Variety: Cameron is genuinely compelling as Caleb, a work-obsessed firefighter on the verge of divorce from his neglected wife. Read more