![]() To win any battle we’ve got to have the right strategy and resources, because victories don’t come by accident.”Įlizabeth Jordan (Priscilla Shirer) and husband Tony (T C Stallings) have a marriage in serious trouble. Of the many battles we engage in today, be it money, control or matters of the heart, very few of us know how to fight the right way, or understand who we’re really fighting against. But one thing remains true: behind every war, behind the battle, someone has developed a strategy, a plan to fight against their enemy. There always seems to be something to fight for. The opening scene sets the stage with a profound monologue about war: It isn’t uncommon to come across a film that makes you laugh or touches your heart, but to find one that has the power of influence to change the lives of its audience is rare. He begs forgiveness, prays and even gives stolen drugs back to his bosses (who don’t press charges, because he seems so sad.) There is a recurring gag that Elizabeth’s feet stink, and the movie ends with Tony washing them in a nice genderbent Mary Magdalene moment.War Room is the latest piece from the Kendrick brothers, known for their wholesome family films.Īnd before you write it off as just another one of those dodgy B-grade Christian films, consider that War Room took the number one spot on its release over the US Labor Day weekend in 2015 and went on to make a whopping $US73.7m at the box office, placing it in the top 50 movies for 2015. All Elizabeth needs to do is not get angry at him – basically accept that he is a thief – and like magic all of his bad traits quickly disappear. Stallings, surprisingly muscular for a pharmaceutical sales rep) eventually is fired due to some queer invoicing. It was good timing, too, as her no-good husband Tony was just about to shack up with a work associate, but then can’t because he gets a stomach ache. It builds to a triumphant monologue in which she shouts Satan out of her home as strings ring out on the film’s score. This, apparently, does the trick.Īfter a lengthy period of consideration, Elizabeth follows suit. She ignored the troubles outside, and only worried about within. She turned her walk-in closet into a war room, and there she sat and prayed and prayed. Taking a cue from her late husband (who was a battle strategist during the Vietnam War) Miss Clara, who mostly speaks in hosanna soundbytes, discovered she needed a bunker in which to configure a plan of action. Alena Pitts and TC Stallings in War Room Photograph: PR When Elizabeth confesses that she is unhappy, and only attends church when it fits her schedule, Miss Clara explains how she found happiness. ![]() Her no-nonsense new client Miss Clara (Karen Abercrombie) wants to talk less about selling her house and more about Elizabeth’s relationship with Jesus. Elizabeth (Priscilla Shirer, a successful Christian minister in her first film role) is a hard-working real estate agent aware that her marriage is almost at its breaking point. The plot is an uninteresting melodrama with a tortoise’s pace, but this does allow the viewer plenty of time to scrutinize its odd logic. (Nothing tops The Identical, in which Elvis Presley’s long lost twin brother comes to redeem us all from sin.) The performers are professional and, while it’s set in dull interiors with flat TV lighting, it cuts together okay. War Room, which follows up the Kendricks’ very successful Fireproof and Facing the Giants, is, unfortunately, nowhere near as entertaining as some other of the recent low budget evangelical Christian films. He’ll even join your daughter for the big rope-skipping competition perfectly timed for the end of the movie. If you follow a precise prayer regimen (which remains vague in the film but all spelled out in supplemental materials available for purchase on the Kendricks’ website) there is no reason to believe that your husband won’t transform back into the man you fell for. ![]() ![]() These tactics, say Alex and Stephen Kendrick in their latest “faith-based” film War Room, will bring your husband back to you, and cast Satan from your home. What you need to do is surrender, go in the closet and pray. When you find his behavior upsetting and take him to task you are only protracting the struggle. I s your husband a self-centered jerk? Does he ignore your needs, pay no attention to your adorable daughter, scold you for giving financial help to your troubled sister? Does he have a wandering eye and come dangerously close to committing adultery? Is he embezzling from his job? Well, you should know that it’s all your fault.
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