War Room

"Prayer is a Powerful Weapon"

2015 2h 0m EN

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7.9

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34%

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METACRITIC

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6.5

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★7.9TMDB · 607🥫34%Rotten Tomatoes●26Metacritic★6.5IMDB · 17,250

Drama

Synopsis

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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.

“Prayer is a Powerful Weapon”

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Cast

Karen Abercrombie
Clara Williams
Priscilla C. Shirer
Elizabeth Jordan
T.C. Stallings
Tony Jordan
Tenae Downing
Veronica Drake
Alena Pitts
Danielle Jordan
Michael Jr.
Michael Alexander
Jadin Harris
Jennifer Stephens
Alex Kendrick
Coleman Young

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alex Kendrick
Writers: Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick
Languages: Italian, English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $73M — a 24.4× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Italian, English.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alex Kendrick, shot by Bob Scott. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Alex Kendrick shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Karen Abercrombie and Priscilla C. Shirer and T.C. Stallings carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Prayer is a Powerful Weapon".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Alex Kendrick directs. Bob Scott behind the camera. Alex Kendrick cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Italian, English.

Trivia

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1Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $73M — a 24.4× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
3Released 11 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Italian, English.
5Directed by Alex Kendrick, shot by Bob Scott. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Alex Kendrick shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Karen Abercrombie and Priscilla C. Shirer and T.C. Stallings carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Prayer is a Powerful Weapon".
9IMDB entry: tt3832914 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 10 themes, including "husband wife relationship", "prayer", "family relationships", "closet".

The technical file

Cinematography: Bob Scott
Editing: Alex Kendrick
Production design: Katherine Tucker
Costume design: Anna Redmon
Runtime: 120 min · 2h 0m
Status: Released
Budget: $3,000,000
Box office: $73,267,874
Return: 2442% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: War Room (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes: 34% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 26/100
IMDB rating: 6.5/10 · 17,250 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

5 wins total

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What people are saying

Wuchak2022-08-30
★ 9/10
An inspirational film that's actually inspirational! The lives of Tony and Elizabeth Jordan are chronicled (T.C. Stallings & Priscilla C. Shirer), a couple that seems to have it all: A healthy daughter, high-paying jobs and an awesome dream home. Unfortunately, their marriage has become more of a war zone than a sanctuary and their daughter is collateral damage. After Elizabeth meets Miss Clara on the job (Karen Abercrombie), she learns how to fight FOR her family instead of against them. Her newly energized faith transforms her life and has a positive effect on those around her, but can it save her bad marriage? An independent film, "War Room" (2015) only cost $3 million to make and incredibly became the #1 movie in America upon release. Is it worthy of such a feat? With inspirational dramas like this I naturally ask myself if I was inspired, and the answer is very much so. Also, did the drama pull me into the lives of the characters and make me forget that I was watching a movie? Yes. The movie effectively addresses real life issues that real families have to deal with and overcome. I could relate to several of the situations. The movie's similar in ways to 2010's underrated "Cutback" (see my review), but made with a bigger budget and is therefore all-around more polished. "War Room" is just a great drama and inspiring to boot. It overtly talks about God and prayer in a Christian context, so if that offends you you'll probably want to give it a pass. It goes without saying that topics like this are difficult to pull off realistically and un-awkwardly in cinema, but "War Room" impressively pulls it off. The movie runs 120 minutes and was shot in North Carolina. GRADE: A

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