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13/04/2022 Drama 2h 4m
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God wanted a fighter… and He found one.

Overview

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 can use his second chance to help others, leading to the surprising realization that he's meant to be a Catholic priest.

  1. Rosalind Ross

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Mark Wahlberg

    Father Stuart 'Stu' Long

  2. Mel Gibson

    Bill Long

  3. Jacki Weaver

    Kathleen Long

  4. Teresa Ruiz

    Carmen

  5. Malcolm McDowell

    Monsignor Kelly

  6. Annet Mahendru

    Mary

  7. Cody Fern

    Priest

  8. Winter Ave Zoli

    Allison

  9. Faith Jefferies

    Time Keeper

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Reviews

A review by Spencer
Written by Spencer on 2022-05-15
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 why's that? That's because Long was an absolute piece of trash that I didn't want to watch for the first...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$4,000,000.00

Revenue
$21,591,034.00

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