War Room
TriStar Pictures | Release Date: August 28, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
26
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
2
Negative:
8
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
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Entertainment WeeklyJoe McGovernSep 11, 2015
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. Read full review
50
VarietyJoe LeydonAug 31, 2015
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. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAug 29, 2015
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. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTom RussoAug 27, 2015
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. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenAug 28, 2015
Preachy doesn't begin to describe War Room, a mighty long-winded and wincingly overwrought domestic drama. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesAug 26, 2015
I lodge no complaint against the film’s emphasis on prayer, even if, dramatically, it’s not scintillating stuff to watch. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 3, 2015
It’s just a clumsily written, flatly-acted sermon built on some of the same stereotypes that made Tyler Perry rich. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmSep 2, 2015
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. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubVadim RizovAug 29, 2015
Much of what follows is turgid and, for non-believers, ridiculous. Read full review
20
The GuardianJordan HoffmanAug 29, 2015
One can always keep praying that the next of these films will be a little better. Read full review
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerSep 18, 2015
The faith-based War Room is so named because life is a battle to be strategized, with, in the case of God’s infomercial of a film, a large bedroom closet serving as scripture-plastered command centre. Read full review
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