War Room
Directed by Alex Kendrick
TheoScope Rating
Worldview · content · moral framework
Plot
Filled with heart, humor, and wit, WAR ROOM follows Tony and Elizabeth Jordan, a couple who seemingly have it all-great jobs, a beautiful daughter, their dream home. But appearances can be deceiving. In reality, their marriage has become a war zone and their daughter is collateral damage. With guidance from Miss Clara, an older, wiser woman, Elizabeth discovers she can start fighting for her family instead of against them. As the power of prayer and Elizabeth's newly energized faith transform her life, will Tony join the fight and become the man he knows he needs to be? Together, their real enemy doesn't have a prayer.
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Audience Suitability
Kids
Under 10
Teens
10–17
Adults
18+
Family
Mixed ages
Content Flags
War Room is an unapologetically Christian drama centered on the transformative power of prayer in a struggling marriage. It is theologically robust, morally clear, and content-appropriate for nearly all ages, though younger children may not engage with the marital drama at the center of the story. It sits near the top of the evangelical film genre for both production quality and doctrinal faithfulness.
Pastoral Take
This film is a genuine gift for families with children old enough to follow a marriage-centered story — roughly ages 10 and up will engage with it meaningfully, though younger children can certainly watch without harm. Parents should be ready to talk afterward about what prayer really looks like in your own home and whether your family has a 'war room' equivalent — the film will naturally invite that conversation. There is no content to warn against here; the only preparation needed is a willingness to let the film ask honest questions about your own spiritual life.
Discussion Points
- 1Miss Clara shows Elizabeth her prayer closet — a whole room dedicated just to talking to God — and Elizabeth is surprised anyone would pray that seriously. Do you think prayer is supposed to feel that important? What do you think gets in the way of us praying like that, and what would it look like in our home to take it more seriously?
- 2When Tony gets caught skimming samples at work and has to confess and return the money, it costs him — but he does it anyway. The Bible says in Proverbs that a person's integrity is worth more than riches. Why do you think the film showed that making it right was harder than just getting away with it, and do you think God honored what Tony did?
- 3Elizabeth spends a lot of the film fighting against Tony — arguing, defending herself, pulling away — and Miss Clara tells her she's been fighting the wrong enemy. What do you think Miss Clara meant by that? Can you think of a time when you were angry at a person when the real problem was something spiritual going on underneath?
- 4At the end of the film, Tony and Elizabeth's marriage is restored — but it wasn't because Elizabeth just waited patiently and nothing changed. Her prayers and her changed heart seemed to open a door for Tony to change too. What do you think that says about how God works through us, even when we can't fix a situation ourselves?
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Cast
Priscilla C. Shirer, T.C. Stallings, Karen Abercrombie
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