Father Stu

Name: Father Stu
Released: 2022-4-13
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson

Father Stu

R
2h 5m
2022

41%

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Based on a true story, Father Stu is an unflinchingly honest, funny and uplifting story about finding purpose in a most unexpected place. After surviving a terrible motorcycle accident, Stuart Long (Mark Wahlberg) wonders if he can use his second chance to help others find their way — and leads this former amateur boxer to the surprising realization that he is meant to be a 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.

Director:

Rosalind Ross

Producer:

Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Jordon Foss

Writer:

Rosalind Ross

Cast:

Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson

FEATURES

Deleted Scenes

You Don't Know Stu

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

41%

Critics Consensus: Mark Wahlberg is hard-working but miscast in Father Stu, an issue compounded by the way the movie fumbles its fact-based story.

Reviews

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David Nusair

...a hopelessly generic and pervasively tedious drama that contains few, if any, elements designed to capture and sustain the viewer’s interest...

Father Stu should have been a truly inspiring tale based on an incredible true story. Instead, the end result is a generic, paint-by-numbers biopic that feels made up and that is a real sin.

An adult driven story about faith, adversity, and forgiveness. Just the movie needed for these most trying times.

Believers might be up for this collection of boilerplate emotions, but anyone hoping for the moral complexities of, oh, I dunno, reality will find little to chew on here.

... A Christian movie with a bit more heft than the schmaltzy tales routinely served up for middle America’s churchgoers.

August 24, 2022

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