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Father Stu

Drama

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 Aug 6, 2026 · last updated Oct 9, 2026 · How this works

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  • L Ron Mexico @lronmexico.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 10, 2023

    Mark 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

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  • Tariq, the Movie Critic @tarialle25.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 3, 2026

    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

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  • Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 5, 2024

    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

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  • MevsMatze (Shattered version 💔 ) @mevsmatze.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 30, 2024

    My ★★½ review of Father Stu on Letterboxd boxd.it/6Mftg3 #FilmSky 📽️

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  • Alan Grofield @alangrofield.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 26, 2025

    This movie is just liberal Father Stu and all of the glowing reviews will age like milk, completely forgettable dreck

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  • ChriSCREAMa Stephens (🐯🏈💜💛) @christinastephens.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 12, 2024

    My Mom tried to get me to see Father Stu, his Catholic movie, and I passed.

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2025

    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

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  • Guy Fandango @pizzathesteve.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 6, 2026

    The Hitmans Bodyguard Two Guns Free Guy Lone Survivor Father Stu Almost any Ryan Reynolds or Mark Whalberg movie

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  • TkA @TkATMDB reviews · Jul 30, 2026

    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…

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  • STinG @sting.bsky.socialBluesky · May 27, 2026

    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.

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  • Metatron & Ruth-M.R.A.S. @ruthatcreativemind.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 30, 2026

    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.

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  • Jack of The Shadows @porkrocket.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 22, 2025

    NGL thought Father Ted was Father Stu this whole time and was confused on how he wrote a movie so recently.

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  • Joan Clayton @rockinnrob.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 23, 2025

    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!

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 23, 2025

    The (movie) Father Stu (HD) is available today on (iTunes)(Germany) for €3.99 Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, Jacki Weaver, Teresa Ruiz, Aaron Moten, Cody Fern Genre: (Drama) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/father_stu

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  • Joanne @joannefirth.bsky.socialBluesky · May 15, 2025

    I've never been a Mel Gibson fan. He was excellent in Father Stu, though. #Hollywood #Jesus www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

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  • Deadling @deadling.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 13, 2025

    Whoa! Spanish versions of some movie names! Father Stu Spanish: El milagro del padre Stu

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  • CinemaSerf @Geronimo1967TMDB reviews · May 29, 2022

    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…

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  • Spencer @SpencerStaggsTMDB reviews · May 15, 2022

    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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Mark Wahlberg
Father Stuart 'Stu' Long
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Mel Gibson
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Jacki Weaver
Kathleen Long
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Teresa Ruiz
Carmen
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Malcolm McDowell
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Annet Mahendru
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