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Father Stu
Directed by
Rosalind Ross
R
2022
2h 4m
Drama
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Biography
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6.5
42%
95%
7.1
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Follows the life of Father Stuart Long, a boxer-turned-priest who inspired countless people during his journey from self-destruction to redemption.
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Cast of Father Stu
Mark Wahlberg
Father Stuart 'Stu' Long / Producer
Mel Gibson
Bill Long
Jacki Weaver
Kathleen Long
Teresa Ruiz
Carmen
Malcolm McDowell
Monsignor Kelly
Annet Mahendru
Mary
Cody Fern
Priest
Winter Ave Zoli
Allison
Faith Jefferies
Time Keeper
Ronnie Gene Blevins
Bartender
Ned Bellamy
Dr. Novack
Michael Fairman
Randall
Niko Nicotera
Barfly
Alain Uy
Tim
Carlos Leal
Father Garcia
Annie Lee
Dr. Wan
Aaron Moten
Ham
Molly Baker
Mrs. Ferris
Chiquita Fuller
Waitress
Betsy Moore
Montana Sheriff
Father Stu Ratings & Reviews
Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)
Mark Kermode
[A] fairly kind of bland Hollywood story.
Chicago Reader
Adam Mullins-Khatib
Father Stu is competently made and Wahlberg puts in another turn as an entertaining loser with a heart of gold. Narratively though, the inspirational story loses inspiration as the film suffers from front-loading...
America Magazine
John Anderson
Father Stu is intended to be inspirational, but viewers may find any sense of elevation elusive.
AV Club
Brent Simon
Told with sensitivity, earnestness and no small amount of sly, rascally charm, it is first and foremost a sure-handed match of material and a movie star's strengths.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Its clumsy, inert storytelling seems less interested in converting nonbelievers than in convincing us of Wahlberg's piety.
Austin Chronicle
Trace Sauveur
Ross' script is never able to pull this out of the depths of trite banality, every line and emotional beat clocked from a mile away and cribbed from every other faith-based drama you've ever seen.
Catholic World Report
Steven D. Greydanus
Wahlberg compellingly inhabits his character's struggles, and the screenplay is decently structured even when it sometimes lacks persuasive depth or context.
Tribune News Service
Katie Walsh
It can be entertaining but its rarely truly engaging, and the tell-not-show approach to the screenwriting renders the characters two-dimensional and hollow.
RogerEbert.com
Nell Minow
Instead of reaching a broader audience, Wahlberg and Gibson preach to the choir.
New York Times
Nicolas Rapold
Rosalind Ross, a writer directing her debut feature, and Wahlberg buck the expectations of the religious-salvation story by mostly keeping it light and barely taking a breath, with an extra nudge from a country-heavy soundtrack.
Slant Magazine
Derek Smith
The film is a Hollywood-approved show of Old Testament judgment that sees all people as sinners and thus deserving of all the punishment they receive.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
"Father Stu" has an R-rated edge that separates it from the majority of faith-based offerings, but it still has a hard time reaching past the first few pews.
IndieWire
David Ehrlich
Faith can only get you so far without structure, and the sincerity of this movie's pivot from punishment to salvation doesn't stop it from stalling out in purgatory along the way.
Associated Press
Mark Kennedy
Wahlberg is simply miscast, out of his depth, and the overly long, poorly edited Father Stu never finds its rhythm. Good at humor, sweet with regret but the film ironically ends up short when it comes to the most important part: handling faith itself.
TheWrap
Carlos Aguilar
Anyone who's sat through enough of those Christian films can easily tell that the basic craftsmanship of Father Stu is on a different level. That doesn't necessarily make this an admirable production, but at least it's a proficient one.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
Just because something is based on real life doesn't mean it can't be cliched.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
"Father Stu" breaks no new ground in the biopic game, but it's a solid and worthy tribute to the real-life Father Stu...
Boston Globe
Mark Feeney
Beside Gibson, the best thing about "Father Stu" is how it's consistently sincere without ever descending - ascending? - into piety.
The Hollywood Reporter
Stephen Farber
Despite some R-rated language, the whole enterprise seems bland and perfunctory.
Variety
Owen Gleiberman
It's a surprisingly sincere movie about religious feeling, but it is also, too often, a dramatically undernourished one.
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