Father Stu

Father Stu has built a devoted audience in Australia on BINGE and Foxtel Now, and in the US on Hulu and fuboTV among viewers who want their drama to earn its emotional beats. A tight runtime that never overstays its welcome. 745 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Mark Wahlberg's performance alone is worth the time investment. Available now on BINGE — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Father Stu arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Father Stu takes its time building the world its characters inhabit, and the patience pays off. 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. Mark Wahlberg and Mel Gibson lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was released in 2022. Father Stu resists tidy resolutions in a way that respects how messy real consequences actually are. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

For anyone looking for storytelling that takes its characters seriously, Father Stu delivers. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. A contained runtime means every scene is doing real work. Mark Wahlberg is the centre of it, and it is one of their strongest performances on record. The patience it asks of you early on is paid back with interest.