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Father Stu: Directed by Rosalind Ross. With Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, Jacki Weaver, Teresa Ruiz. Follows the life of Father Stuart Long, a boxer-turned-priest who inspired countless people during his journey from self-destruction to redemption.
Overview. The true-life story of boxer-turned-priest. When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long moves to Los Angeles to find money and fame. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen, a Sunday school teacher who seems immune to his bad-boy charm. Determined to win her over, the longtime agnostic starts going to ...
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Father Stu: Directed by Rosalind Ross. With Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, Jacki Weaver, Teresa Ruiz. Follows the life of Father Stuart Long, a boxer-turned-priest who inspired countless people during his journey from self-destruction to redemption.
Movie Review: Father Stu. While the new film Father Stu may initially come across as a simple bad guy breaks good by becoming a priest and righting his past wrongs, it also manages to tell an earnest and emotionally rewarding story. What could have been a pandering, emotion-laden tale of one individual finding his “divine” purpose in life ...
Apr 13, 2022 · The real Father Stu began life as Stu Long, the son of an abusive, mostly absent father (Mel Gibson as Bill) and a well-meaning but ineffectual mother (Jacki Weaver as Kathleen). We glimpse Stu briefly as a child, trying to get his father's approval as he imitates Elvis Presley. And then we skip ahead to Stu, now played by Wahlberg, as a boxer ...
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.
