Catherine Holt's perspective (played by Erin Bethea) really highlights what’s wrong with her relationship with 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 valid point, or rather two. According to her, Caleb “puts 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." It's hard to disagree with that; wanting a boat seems like something a single person would do. The movie, being a "faith-based” drama, should already know this, but the Bible says, “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.” Simply put, you can’t have both a wife and a boat. Regarding the "trash" Caleb enjoys – which is pornography – I could potentially see that working in a marriage if both people were comfortable with it, but that's precisely where this movie falls short. To help him salvage his marriage, Caleb’s father John (Harris Malcom) gives him “The Love Dare,” a 40-day program with instructions like: "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 (on the 16th day he’s supposed to pray for her; Caleb admits with a chuckle, “I kind of skipped that one.” This happens before he ultimately accepts Jesus Christ into his heart). Catherine is skeptical of her husband's sudden attentiveness, and her friends warn her that "He’s trying to butter you up for a divorce,” whatever they mean by that. Caleb calls his father and complains that “None of this means anything to her,” which he’s not wrong about, but how could it? How can something she doesn't even know is happening possibly affect her? Interestingly, when John talks about his experience with the Love Dare, he uses plural language – for example, “There was a point when we had no hope either.” Unless he’s using a formal ‘We,’ he means himself and Caleb’s mother. Caleb, however, keeps the whole thing secret from Catherine, which doesn’t seem like an effective way to fix a marriage, and it would probably work better if it were a joint effort. She isn't entirely innocent either. Then there’s a moment that deserves recognition. Caleb is a firefighter, and his crew responds to a traffic accident. A woman is trapped in a wrecked car sitting on train tracks with an oncoming train approaching. They are “currently unable to make contact with the train dispatcher,” so Caleb and his team bravely push the car out of harm’s way. This scene is genuinely impressive. It surpasses many newer, more expensive films (I'm not going to speculate whether it's a real or CGI train, but if it's computer-generated, it’s the best I’ve ever seen), and it makes you connect with the characters because you believe they are truly firefighters risking their lives – quite literally in this instance. It would have been better if the movie had focused on firefighting rather than a loveless marriage that avoids divorce thanks to a somewhat awkward intervention.

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