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FilmR2022
Father Stu
Directed by Rosalind Ross
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 church to impress her. However, a motorcycle accident leaves him wondering if he… From TMDB
18 reactions from 2 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 3, 2026 · How this works
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Father Stu is a 2022 drama film, directed by Rosalind Ross, starring Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson and Jacki Weaver.
- 17 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, TMDB reviews
- posts span May 15, 2022 to Nov 3, 2026
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18 of 18 · most liked firstMark Wahlberg said he would have stopped 9/11 if he was on the plane, but during covid, our government did a 9/11 a day to its own people for years and all he did was film Father Stu and promote a racist version of cross fit
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 70th birthday to this great actor and filmmaker, Mel Gibson! I know people are gonna hate me for this, but Father Stu is my favorite movie that he has ever made, aside from Passion of the Christ. #Filmsky #Moviesky
positive · AI labelView post →Last week I saw someone describe the Mark Whalberg/Mel Gibson movie “Father Stu” as “The Avengers for racists” and I can’t stop thinking about it
neutral · AI labelView post →My ★★½ review of Father Stu on Letterboxd boxd.it/6Mftg3 #FilmSky 📽️
negative · AI labelView post →This movie is just liberal Father Stu and all of the glowing reviews will age like milk, completely forgettable dreck
negative · AI labelView post →My Mom tried to get me to see Father Stu, his Catholic movie, and I passed.
neutral · AI labelView post →Nov. 01 (All Saints Day) I have a remarkable movie that’s about being Catholic. Check out Father Stu. Mark Wahlberg played Stu, who went from being a boxer to a priest at Catholic Church. #Filmsky #Moviesky #November
positive · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 7pm, The Greatest Showman on E4. At 7.40pm, Tomb Raider remake on ITV2. At 9pm, Mission: Impossible - Fallout on Film4 or Sweeney! on Legend Xtra. At 10pm, American Fiction on BBC2. At 11.20pm, Father Stu on C4. At 11.55pm, The Spy Who Dumped Me on Film4 #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →The Hitmans Bodyguard Two Guns Free Guy Lone Survivor Father Stu Almost any Ryan Reynolds or Mark Whalberg movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Great Movie! Father Stu caught me by surprise, leaving me astounded by its execution. It was extremely well done. The movie seamlessly blended humor, inspiration, emotional depth, and the enlightening knowledge. The cast's exceptional performance was praiseworthy, making his is one of the better movies of 2022. Heartfelt congratulations and sincere appreciation to everyone involved in its creation and success!\ \ Mark Whalberg put up the financial backing for this movie, which played a vital…
positive · AI labelView post →I think they should make a sequel to Father Stu. Not because I'll watch that motherfucker, I ain't watching the first movie or this hypothetical sequel. I just think we should have a movie called Father S2u out in the world.
neutral · AI labelView post →Great words in the film, Father Stu (based on a true story): We are not humans having a spiritual experience, we are spirits having a human experience.
neutral · AI labelView post →NGL thought Father Ted was Father Stu this whole time and was confused on how he wrote a movie so recently.
neutral · AI labelView post →Yall know what movie messed me up? Father Stu. It’s so jarring because it starts off so funny then boom! And by the end I was inconsolable. For that reason, I hate the movie. I felt tricked!
negative · AI labelView post →I've never been a Mel Gibson fan. He was excellent in Father Stu, though. #Hollywood #Jesus www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
positive · AI labelView post →Whoa! Spanish versions of some movie names! Father Stu Spanish: El milagro del padre Stu
neutral · AI labelView post →Mark Wahlberg is competent here as the eponymous boxer who takes a shine to the young church-going Carmen (Teresa Ruiz). He can't get near her, so he somewhat opportunistically decides to join her church and see if that helps. Thing is, pretty quickly he discovers that there is something to this "God" thing, and decides to try and get himself ordained for the priesthood - leaving all thoughts of the girl behind. Meantime, he discovers that he is suffering from a degenerative disease that will…
neutral · AI labelView post →Let me start off by saying that I completely understand all of the hate this film is getting, and that's because for the first half of the film I hated it too. For too much of this film, a lot of the characters are just unlikable slobs . . . especially Mel Gibson's character of Bill Long. Also, the story plays out . . . well, it plays out terribly for the first half of the film. It wasn't until later in the film when Stuart Long decides to become a preacher that I was actually invested, and…
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