I saw Father Stu, starring Mark Wahlberg-Uncharted, the Daddy's Home movies; Mel Gibson-Daddy's Home 2, The Expendables 3; Teresa Ruiz-The Marksman, Cantinflas and Malcolm McDowell-Bombshell, Silent Night.
This movie is based on a true story about Stuart Long, who went from being an amateur boxer to becoming a priest. Mark plays Stuart, a passionate man that gives everything his best shot. Mel is his father that left home when Mark was young and doesn't associate with Mark that much-there are hard feelings from both. Teresa is a Catholic girl that Mark falls for. He even starts going to church just to be around her. Malcolm is the Monsignor at the church. Mark has it rough when he decides to become a priest, mostly with his health-he has a disease-but he continues against odds to try to accomplish his goals. It's a testament to his faith and during the end credits, you see the real Stuart talking and learn what happened after the events shown in the movie.
It's rated R for language and has a running time of 2 hours & 4 minutes.
It's an inspirational story but not one that I would buy on DVD-once was enough. It would be a good rental just to see Mark's performance-he gained weight for certain scenes and even put up some of his own money to help finance the movie when no one else would.
This movie is based on a true story about Stuart Long, who went from being an amateur boxer to becoming a priest. Mark plays Stuart, a passionate man that gives everything his best shot. Mel is his father that left home when Mark was young and doesn't associate with Mark that much-there are hard feelings from both. Teresa is a Catholic girl that Mark falls for. He even starts going to church just to be around her. Malcolm is the Monsignor at the church. Mark has it rough when he decides to become a priest, mostly with his health-he has a disease-but he continues against odds to try to accomplish his goals. It's a testament to his faith and during the end credits, you see the real Stuart talking and learn what happened after the events shown in the movie.
It's rated R for language and has a running time of 2 hours & 4 minutes.
It's an inspirational story but not one that I would buy on DVD-once was enough. It would be a good rental just to see Mark's performance-he gained weight for certain scenes and even put up some of his own money to help finance the movie when no one else would.