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
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
0
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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