Father Stu

Name: Father Stu
Genre: Drama
Released: April 13, 2022
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 40
Cast: Alain Uy, Annet Mahendru, Cody Fern, Faith Jefferies, Jacki Weaver

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Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) | Release Date: April 13, 2022 | R

Starring: Alain Uy, Annet Mahendru, Cody Fern, Faith Jefferies, Jacki Weaver, Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, Ned Bellamy, Teresa Ruiz, Winter Ave Zoli

Summary: When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long (Mark Wahlberg) moves to L.A. dreaming of stardom. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen (Teresa Ruiz), a Catholic Sunday school teacher who seems immune to his bad-boy charm. Determined to win her over, the longtime agnostic starts going to church to impressWhen an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long (Mark Wahlberg) moves to L.A. dreaming of stardom. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen (Teresa Ruiz), a Catholic Sunday school teacher who seems immune to his bad-boy charm. Determined to win her over, the longtime agnostic starts going to church to impress her. But surviving a terrible motorcycle accident leaves him wondering if he can use his second chance to help others find their way, leading to the surprising realization that he is meant to be a Catholic priest. Despite a devastating health crisis and the skepticism of Church officials and his estranged parents (Mel Gibson and Jacki Weaver), Stu pursues his vocation with courage and compassion, inspiring not only those closest to him but countless others along the way. Based on a true story.… Expand

Director: Rosalind Ross

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 124 min

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Richard Roeper

Apr 12, 2022

Father Stu breaks no new ground in the biopic game, but it’s a solid and worthy tribute to the real-life Father Stu, who continued to do the Lord’s work until his death in 2014 at the age of 50. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

Apr 13, 2022

Stu’s travails feed into his salty homilies about getting closer to God, delivered with Wahlberg’s usual bluffness. That doesn’t automatically translate into a religious experience, and watching the movie can feel like a two-hour hearty handshake. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Apr 15, 2022

Intermittently, Father Stu hints at Long’s fascinating contradictions — his earthy bluntness mixing with his sensitive belief in the divine — but the film is not sharp enough to give those contradictions vivid dimension. Read full review

Vince Mancini

Apr 13, 2022

Father Stu is exactly this kind of intriguing mix, of illuminating religious philosophy and utterly baffling narrative choices. It’s vaguely inspiring, slightly tedious to sit through, and ultimately unknowable, like any good Catholic sermon. Read full review

Wendy Ide

May 15, 2022

Playing out to the histrionic squalling of a country-infused score, this is film-making that aims to smite its audience into submission. Read full review

The Guardian Leslie Felperin

May 12, 2022

There are also good bits in this based-on-a-true-story drama, including the aforementioned performances and a commitment to theology so sincere it’s not afraid to bore an audience with lots of pin-head-fine debates about Godhood. If Gibson weren’t part of the package it might be possible to like it more. Read full review

Mark Kennedy

Apr 12, 2022

There’s always something a little off about Father Stu, a sense that the filmmakers have taken a lot of liberties with a real life to make it extra saintly. Read full review

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Cyclone84

Jun 4, 2022

An interesting biopic of an interesting individual; a nice change of pace to the standard film we're normally getting these days.

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OrphanTwin

Apr 16, 2022

Finally a movie that isn’t based on complete nonsense. It’s based on reality and about someone who helped more people than all the angry losers that hate this movie combined.

5 of 10 users found this helpful55

Bobramz

Apr 19, 2022

A great, emotional movie!Even nonreligion people will love this peace of art!

5 of 8 users found this helpful53

Jolly_zombie

Jul 16, 2022

This film moved and inspired me. It was real and raw. Nice to see a true story about actual heroism. My only criticism was that is was difficult to hear some of the dialogue. Wonderful performances all around.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

stevekm

Nov 18, 2022

Movies about real people are choppy and have "what an idiot" scenes, but it's about real people, not a well written story. So it is with this movie. With that in mind, what a life Stu lived.

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GLADIADOR

Jun 5, 2022

Filme bem mediano, foi um bom passa tempo. Conta a historia de um lutador que se tornou padre

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MetacriticOnur

May 30, 2022

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