{"id":1443284,"date":"2022-04-18T09:59:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T13:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1443284"},"modified":"2022-04-18T09:59:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T13:59:46","slug":"critics-pan-new-faith-based-film-father-stu-but-the-audience-loves-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/critics-pan-new-faith-based-film-father-stu-but-the-audience-loves-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Critics Pan New Faith-Based Film \u2018Father Stu,\u2019 But The Audience Loves It"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcritics-pan-new-faith-based-film-father-stu-but-the-audience-loves-it%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1443284&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Critics and the general public are at odds over the new faith-based film \u201cFather Stu,\u201d released in theaters last week.<\/p>\n<p>At least 75 film critics have collectively rated the Catholic film with a dismal 44% rating, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/father_stu\/reviews?intcmp=rt-scorecard_tomatometer-reviews\">according<\/a> to popular review website Rotten Tomatoes. The audience, on the other hand, praised the movie as a resounding success, with more than 500 reviews averaging a high 95% rating.<\/p>\n<p>The film takes viewers through the life of troubled amateur boxer-turned-Catholic priest Father Stuart Long, who suffered from a rare degenerative and incurable muscular disorder called inclusion body myositis. Critics, clearly, were not convinced of the film adaptation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis ill-conceived, frequently irritating biopic trots out every stale genre chestnut while focusing on a relentlessly unlikable main character who comes across as a stubborn, argumentative bully,\u201d complained Common Sense Media\u2019s Jeffrey M. Anderson.<\/p>\n<p>Movie Reelist\u2019s Monti Lee Stormer mocked, \u201cThe message seems to be \u2018In the End, Stu became a priest, and everybody clapped.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIts clumsy, inert storytelling seems less interested in converting nonbelievers than in convincing us of Wahlberg\u2019s piety,\u201d Washington Post critic Michael O\u2019Sullivan said.<\/p>\n<p>James Verniere of the Boston Herald said actors Mark Wahlberg and Mel Gibson had their performances \u201cblocked\u201d by the \u201cmediocre screenplay by first-time director Rosalind Ross,\u201d who is Gibson\u2019s girlfriend, adding that the film is \u201ca total bore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The general public, though, appreciated that the film was \u201ca\u00a0pleasant change\u201d from \u201call the other movies available\u201d with\u00a0both \u201cexcellent acting\u201d and a \u201cprofound message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreat message and amazing performance by actors and actresses it teaches us how to be tolerant and persistent at the same time,\u201d one audience review said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHumanized priest &#038; faith life relatable highly recommended!\u201d a reviewer named Alison wrote. \u201cWill watch again!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely loved this movie,\u201d a user named Brian D. commented. \u201cKeep Bringing us these kind of movies that uplift us and inspire us to be better souls on this earth. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThoroughly enjoyable movie. Mark Wahlberg was excellent as usual. Entire cast was great,\u201d another review said. \u201cI would recommend it to anyone who would enjoy a real life story of someone succeeding after much adversity.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_370042\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-370042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Rotten Tomatoes<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite critics\u2019 reaction, \u201cFather Stu\u201d meant a lot to Catholic actors Wahlberg and Gibson; the former privately financed the project and the film was written and directed by Gibson\u2019s girlfriend, Rosalind Ross.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the film seems to be signal of what\u2019s to come from Wahlberg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like this is starting a new chapter for me in that, now, doing things like this \u2014 real substance \u2014 can help people,\u201d the 50-year-old actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/mark-wahlberg-on-father-stu-and-leaving-hollywood-sooner-rather-than-later-exclusive-182177\">told<\/a> Entertainment Tonight. \u201cI definitely want to focus on making more. I wouldn\u2019t say necessarily just faith-based content but things that will help people. So, hopefully this movie will open a door for not only myself but for lots of other people in Hollywood to make more meaningful content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wahlberg added that it will be \u201csooner rather than later, probably,\u201d that he\u2019ll be leaving Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>Gibson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/people-want-it-mel-gibson-discusses-faith-based-films-like-father-stu-the-passion\">told<\/a> Fox News that he has long understood that there is a \u201creal thirst\u201d for faith-based content, referring to smash hit \u201cThe Passion of the Christ,\u201d which was co-written and directed by the actor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, I had a pretty big experience with \u2018The Passion,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cThat was an interesting journey to understand that there\u2019s a real thirst for this kind of content out there. People want it, and they respond well to it. So it\u2019s a privilege to be a part of that delivery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think \u2018Father Stu\u2019 offers that,\u201d Gibson continued. \u201cIt\u2019s a little different. I wouldn\u2019t really call it a faith-based film, but I think it hits all those cravings that the community wants. But at the same time, it\u2019s not preaching to the choir. It\u2019s got F-bombs, so you do have to weather those things to get to the jewel.\u201d<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/even-critics-really-hate-woke-cinderella-remark-level-of-badness-unmatched\">Even Critics Really Hate Woke \u2018Cinderella\u2019 Remake: \u2018Level Of Badness\u2019\u00a0Unmatched<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dave-chappelles-rotten-tomato-standup-reviews-are-amanda-prestigiacomo\">Dave Chappelle\u2019s \u2018Rotten Tomato\u2019 Standup Reviews Are In. 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