Fighter, drunk, rebel without a clue or cause—a guy with an animus for God, blaming Him for his younger brother’s death and the ensuing dissolution of his family—becomes a Catholic priest, and lives the life of the cross as beautifully and painfully as a man imbued with grace can.
”Father Stu,” with Mark Wahlberg in the title role, is the best performance in the storied career of the artist once known as Marky Mark. Yes, even better than his performance in “The Departed.” The Oscar race for Best Actor should be over already.
Planned Man gives the film and the star’s performer a Three Thumbs Up! However, if you look at the cognitive dissonance between the critics (44%) and audience (95%) on Rotten Tomatoes, we see the problem: Elites are secular. We have taken the separation of the Church and state too far. Keeping religion out of politics is a good thing. Keeping it out of our shared public life and culture is quite another.
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