Synopsis
The family-friendly movie explores the transformational role prayer plays in the lives of the Jordan family. Tony and Elizabeth Jordan, a middle-class couple who seemingly have it all – great jobs, a beautiful daughter, their dream home. But appearances can be deceiving. In reality, the Jordan’s marriage has become a war zone and their daughter is collateral damage. With the help of Miss Clara, an older, wiser woman, Elizabeth discovers she can start fighting for her family instead of against them. Through a newly energized faith, Elizabeth and Tony’s real enemy doesn’t have a prayer.
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Cast
- Karen AbercrombieClara Williams
- Priscilla C. ShirerElizabeth Jordan
- T.C. StallingsTony Jordan
- Tenae DowningVeronica Drake
- Alena PittsDanielle Jordan
- Michael Jr.Michael Alexander
- Jadin HarrisJennifer Stephens
- Alex KendrickColeman Young
- Dave BlamyTom Stafford
- Thomas FordLeo Williams
Recommendations
- 67
Entertainment Weekly
War Room is a gold-plated piece of Bible thumping that’s resonating with the same audience that watches Jimmy Stewart get touched by an angel every December in "It’s a Wonderful Life" — and cry next to Christmas trees, despite that film’s many hackneyed religious devices. - 50
Variety
It’s easy to laugh at the arrant contrivances and heavy-handed dialogue in the script penned by Alex and Stephen Kendrick. But it’s even easier to admire the persuasive sincerity and emotional potency of the lead performances by Shirer and Stallings, who do not transcend their material so much as imbue it with conviction. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Should well succeed in attracting their literally faithful audiences, although its heavy-handed proselytizing and soap opera-ish storytelling will prove a turn-off to those who don't pray on a daily basis. - 38
Boston Globe
It’s only in the late going that the marital drama turns somewhat more authentic, helping to restore a bit of the audience’s, well, faith. - 30
Austin Chronicle
I lodge no complaint against the film’s emphasis on prayer, even if, dramatically, it’s not scintillating stuff to watch. - 30
Los Angeles Times
Preachy doesn't begin to describe War Room, a mighty long-winded and wincingly overwrought domestic drama. - 25
The A.V. Club
Much of what follows is turgid and, for non-believers, ridiculous. - 25
RogerEbert.com
It may not be as brazenly offensive as “God’s Not Dead” or as spectacularly inept as “Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas,” but it’s still awful, offering all the forced humor and superficial substance of a half-baked homily.
