Review of War Room (2015) by Yowie9644 — 02 Feb 2016

This is a Christian Evangelical movie. If you don't like being preached to/at, you won't enjoy this at all.

Most Christian movies make me want to puke, despite me being an active Catholic. They're insipid, the characters mere cardboard cutouts to promote the JEEEZHUS!! message and the plot is always entirely predictable.

This movie was a step up from the usual Bible Thumper movie. Whilst it has no surprises, and carries the usual tropes of dysfunctional family with Nagging Wife, Nasty Husband, and Sad Child, who all find God via a Caring Christian and Live Happily Ever After, it wasn't so sickening sweet as to become unpalatable, and the characters weren't so wooden and one dimensional as to be completely unbelievable. If nothing else, it did make me think about my own marriage and how much time I spend building it up rather than harboring negative thoughts.

Certainly not a "great" movie, but as overtly Christian and actively Evangelical movies go, this is one is a good one. Lots of nice feels, some light comedy and some tear jerking moments. I found it pleasant enough to watch. Not a bad one for a church movie night, but I wouldn't bring my secular friends to see with with me, it is still too heavy of the Evangelical message for non-Christians to enjoy.