Father Stu

2022 - 5 - 12

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Mark Wahlberg blunders in his new movie (New Zealand Herald)

He gained 14kg for the role and spent millions funding it, but was the effort worth it?

While he's convincing as a scrappy, foul-mouthed boxer and as a man of faith who earnestly spouts scripture, you never shake the impression that Wahlberg is playing Wahlberg. He doesn't have the gravity necessary for the role. While working in a supermarket, he chases down a woman, Carmen (Teresa Ruiz), who belongs to the local Catholic parish. There have always been movies made specifically for religious audiences, they just rarely feature recognisable actors or cross over into a wide release. There's little care given to those transitory moments of character development. Stuart (Wahlberg) is an unsuccessful amateur boxer pushing retirement. Why did Mark Wahlberg choose to shepherd this as his passion project, pouring millions of his money into it?

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Mark Wahlberg's Catholic 'passion project' Father Stu is holy ... (The Irish News)

Drama/Romance. Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, Jacki Weaver, Teresa Ruiz, Aaron Moten, Cody Fern, Malcolm McDowell. Director: Rosalind Ross. In selected ...

Consequently, Stu rages against the world like his belligerent old man. She is an active member of the local Catholic Church so Stu is baptised and persuades sceptical Monsignor Kelly (Malcolm McDowell) to enrol him in a seminary alongside parishioners Ham (Aaron Moten) and Jacob (Cody Fern). As an amateur boxer, he loses just two of 17 bouts inside the ring but repeated blows to the body and head take their toll and Stu decides to try his luck as an actor in Hollywood, eventually landing a daytime TV commercial for Marvelous Mops.

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“The Miracle of Father Stu”: more than recommended (Code List)

Directed by rosalind ross and starring Mark Wahlberg Y Mel Gibson, the film will premiere Dm this Friday May 13th. It tells a true story, that of the Catholic ...

Perhaps the image that the viewer perceives regarding the way of living Catholicism of the characters, or the functioning of a seminary, is punctually difficult to identify for a practicing Spanish Catholic, but the truth is that the result is more than satisfactory overall. Without going any further, his failed marriage and the current sentimental relationship that links him to the director of the film, Rosalind Ross, is just a sample of his way of living Catholicism, way at least controversialalthough not for that reason he stops ascribing to said religion. It tells a true story, that of the Catholic priest Stuart Longa boxer turned priest who, as is often the case, inspired countless people during his journey from self destruction to redemption.

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