Father Stu

Mark Wahlberg's biographical drama film "Father Stu" is a retelling of experience of American boxer-turned-priest Stuart Long.

Bill also joins a support group to help with his alcoholism, and he realizes that, despite having lost both their sons, spending the rest of his life with love and support for his wife is the only way to be at peace. The son has no idea as to what is about to happen and is even more baffled when his father’s truck breaks down mid-way, and the father walks his wheelchair for the rest of the journey. He is now as sad as angry at God for trying to take away even the life of religion that he has only started to enjoy and feels at peace with, but also remains resolute to keep at this life. With the help of other priests at his seminary, he goes around preaching and trying to help those in discomfort, with a lot of trouble in his own body as his hands lose the ability to be moved. This whole accident and the words of the stranger at the bar just prior to it seem to have had a deep impact on the man’s faith, as he keeps hold of the rosary even when he is alone. As Stu’s body starts to break down quite rapidly now, and he is gaining a lot of weight, Bill and Kathleen look after him and try to nurse him as much as they can. Spending some more time with his thoughts, Stu decides to give up his normal life and pursue a life of priesthood as he feels he has found tremendous support in God. He tells all of this to Carmen on an occasion when the woman was expecting a proposal of marriage from the man, and she understandably breaks down. After a few days after the baptism, though, Stu feels a bit disillusioned with whatever he is doing and goes out to a bar for a lonely drink. During this time at the police station, he comes up with what to do next in life, and Stu moves to California to pursue his childhood dream of becoming an actor or entertainer. It is now that he is first seen making contact with his estranged father, only to try to borrow his truck to drive to an audition, as Stu’s own car has been impounded by the police. A police car on regular patrol finds him in such a state, and his unwillingness to co-operate gets Stu arrested. Every religion in the world has stories or accounts (as believers might prefer) of the unlikeliest of men turning to faith and finding themselves in it through what they consider divine intervention.