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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 67Entertainment WeeklyJoe McGovernEntertainment WeeklyJoe McGovernWar 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.
- 50VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonIt’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.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckShould 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.
- 30Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesAustin ChronicleKimberley JonesI lodge no complaint against the film’s emphasis on prayer, even if, dramatically, it’s not scintillating stuff to watch.
- 30Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenPreachy doesn't begin to describe War Room, a mighty long-winded and wincingly overwrought domestic drama.
- 25The A.V. ClubVadim RizovThe A.V. ClubVadim RizovMuch of what follows is turgid and, for non-believers, ridiculous.
- 25RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmRogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmIt 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.
- 25Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreIt’s just a clumsily written, flatly-acted sermon built on some of the same stereotypes that made Tyler Perry rich.
- 20The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanOne can always keep praying that the next of these films will be a little better.