ある日、老婆クララ（カレン・アバクロンビー）は、家を売却するため不動産屋のエリザベス（プリシラ・シャイラー）を呼んだ。彼女は働きながら夫トニー（T・C・ストーリングズ）とともに、小さな娘と生活していた。一見理想的なこの家族は、ある問題を抱えていた。その問題に気が付いたクララは、彼女を自室のウォークインクローゼットに案内した。そこは人生を幸せにおくる為の祈りの部屋であり、クララは彼女に神に祈ることを勧めた。最初は渋々だったエリザベスだが、祈り続けることで、彼女の周りに不思議な出来事が起こり始める。
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製作費: $3,000,000 (5億円)
興行収入: $73,267,874 (110億円)
推定収支: $70,267,874 (105億円)
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監督: Alex Kendrick
脚本: Alex Kendrick / Stephen Kendrick
音楽: Paul Mills
制作: Stephen Kendrick
撮影監督: Bob Scott
制作会社: FaithStep Films / Affirm Films / Provident Films / Red Sky Studios / TriStar Pictures / Kendrick Brothers
**_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
