Variety
It’s a surprisingly sincere movie about religious feeling, but it is also, too often, a dramatically undernourished one.
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Father Stu
Mark Wahlberg plays real-life figure Father Stuart Long, a boxer-turned-priest who inspired countless people during his own personal journey, in this redemption drama. Co-stars Jacki Weaver and Mel Gibson.
2022Rating: M, Mature themes, violence, coarse language and sexual references124 minsUSAColumbia Pictures
DramaTrue Story & Biography
Father Stu | Reviews
43%109 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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Hollywood Reporter
Despite some R-rated language, the whole enterprise seems bland and perfunctory.
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A.V. Club
Told with sensitivity, earnestness and no small amount of sly, rascally charm...
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Chicago Sun-Times
Father Stu breaks no new ground in the biopic game, but it’s a solid and worthy tribute...
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Chicago Reader
I’m not entirely sure that we need a movie starring Mark Wahlberg and Mel Gibson about problematic men finding a redemption arc...
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IndieWire
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.
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RogerEbert.com
The real-life Stu faced many complications and challenges, but the script seems to be designed around what would be fun for Gibson and Wahlberg to act.
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The Washington Post
Its clumsy, inert storytelling seems less interested in converting nonbelievers than in convincing us of Wahlberg’s piety.
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The Globe and Mail
Father Stu’s marketing materials make it seem like a faux movie, a parody. But after being invited to a press screening the other week, I can confirm that Father Stu is indeed a real-deal film – although it probably shouldn’t be.
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Screen Daily
Father Stu (captures) the remarkable elements of his life without locating the transcendence within the biographical details.
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Father Stu | News & Opinion
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Mark Wahlberg seeks repentance in the passionless religious drama Father Stu
Lacking serious inquiry, fervour and passion, this religious drama preaches to the converted.
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How to watch St Mark Wahlberg as Father Stu in Australia
The Funky Bunch leader is an unlikely boxer-turned-priest in this biopic of Catholic father Stuart Long.
Father Stu | Release Details
Father Stu is now playing in 144 cinemas in Australia.