The enemy is Satan, who “comes to steal, kill and destroy-stealing your joy, killing your faith, and trying to destroy your family. At that moment, Miss Clara, a committed Christian whose faith has matured over time, stops Elizabeth in her tracks, and diagnoses her real battle: for all his failures, the enemy is not her husband, Tony.
Clara sees in Elizabeth a younger version of herself, and doesn’t want her to make the same mistakes she made, forty years earlier, in her own marriage.Īs their friendship deepens, Elizabeth confides in Clara, and begins to unburden herself about Tony, almost to the point of rage. But in the course of their dealings, it seeps out that Elizabeth’s marriage is falling apart, and Miss Clara becomes far more interested in rescuing Elizabeth’s marriage than in selling her house. The Jordan’s marriage seems destined for divorce, until an untapped resource emerges, with the hope of saving it.Įlizabeth, who works as a realtor, meets an elderly widow named Miss Clara ( Karen Abercrombie), whose house Elizabeth puts up for sale. Elizabeth persists, even begs: “If you won’t do it for her, do it for me.”Ī crisis occurs when Tony begins to take interest in another woman, something Elizabeth suspects, and eventually has confirmed, to her near-despair. In one scene, Elizabeth begs Tony to lend her struggling sister’s family some money, but Tony refuses, because he thinks his sister-in-law’s family is responsible for their own problems. Elizabeth resents her husband’s constant absence, and fights with him when she does see him-often in front of their daughter, who visibly suffers from their conflicts. Tony spends much of his time away on business, and when he isn’t traveling, he's more often found at the gym than at home. But despite their comfortable lifestyle, it isn’t long before we discover many powerful undercurrents-emotional, psychological and spiritual-influencing the characters’ lives, and in all the wrong ways. Stallings), appear to have it all-living in an upper class neighborhood with their daughter Danielle (Alena Pitts), money is rolling in from Tony’s job as a successful pharmaceutical salesman. The plot of the film is deceptively simple: Elizabeth and Tony Jordan (played by Priscilla Shirer and T.C. The creative team behind The War Room are Alex and Stephen Kendrick, two Baptist minister brothers known for producing family-oriented films with Evangelical themes.
It is an explicitly Christian drama which proclaims Christ as Lord and Savior, affirms the power of prayer, and emphasizes the reality and danger of Satan-not the usual ingredients for a successful Hollywood film. Released last summer in theaters, and now available on DVD, The War Room was the most surprising hit film of 2015-and one of the most rewarding.
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