WAR ROOM
A compelling Christian drama about prayer and spiritual warfare.
Should You Watch It?
If you want a Christian film that makes prayer feel urgent, personal, and exciting, War Room is worth your time. Its central marriage is in deep trouble, and the emotional pressure on the family gives the story real jeopardy.
The film has minor script problems, including static dialogue and extra subplots. But its spiritual and emotional power transcends those defects. The story takes seriously the struggle against the world, the flesh, the Devil, and God’s grace.
Christians should see it, especially if you want encouragement to form a deeper, more active, and more real prayer life. The practical answer: take your family, especially older children, to see War Room.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESTony and Elizabeth Jordan have reached the end of their ability to tolerate one another as a married couple. Their daughter, Danielle, is depressed by their constant warfare.
Everything begins to change when Elizabeth meets Miss Clara, an older woman full of wit and wisdom who is selling her home. Miss Clara has important advice for Elizabeth about putting Jesus first and praying for her husband.
Is It Any Good?
Four stars means this is a highly compelling film whose emotional and spiritual strengths outweigh its minor flaws. War Room makes the topic of prayer exciting, even though prayer can seem elusive as a major plot subject.
The jeopardy truly rivets viewers to the storyline. The emotional power of a family struggling with the world, the flesh, the Devil, and God’s grace helps the movie transcend static dialogue and extra subplots. Most viewers will cheer at the end.
The Worldview
War Room presents a strong Christian, moral worldview centered on prayer and spiritual warfare. It challenges Elizabeth to put Jesus first and to pray for her husband rather than remain controlled by hatred. The film also presents repentance, love, and God’s grace as powerful realities in a family under pressure.
The movie’s view aligns with Scripture in treating prayer as active rather than passive. It also presents marital conflict as part of a larger spiritual struggle, not merely a private disagreement. The filmmakers make prayer exciting and personal, helping viewers see it as a real response to the world, the flesh, the Devil, and God’s grace.
The film’s central longing is for restoration in a struggling family. Scripture likewise calls believers to bring their burdens to God: “casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Content Summary
Very strong Christian, moral worldview with an appeal to prayer; no foul language; no overt violence; very light marital affection, but the jeopardy is a potential affair, which doesn’t happen; no nudity; no alcohol use; man sells prescription drugs; and, lying but repented, embezzlement but repented, theft but repented, potential adultery rebuked.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
Elizabeth is challenged to put Jesus first and pray for Tony. What would it look like for prayer to become a more active part of your life?
Matthew 6:6 · Philippians 4:6–7The film presents family conflict as part of spiritual warfare. What does Scripture say our real struggle is, and how should that change the way we respond?
Ephesians 6:12–18Elizabeth must choose love instead of hate toward her husband. How does Jesus call us to respond when someone has hurt us?
Matthew 5:44 · Colossians 3:13The story includes wrongdoing that is repented of. What is the difference between merely admitting sin and turning from it?
Proverbs 28:13 · 1 John 1:9The Final Word
War Room is a spiritually and emotionally powerful Christian film about prayer, marriage, repentance, and grace. Its minor script problems cannot overcome its compelling message. If you want a film that may deepen your family’s prayer life, WORTH THE TRIP.
