Father Stu: reviews
Reviews
7.3 3 votes
What the critics say average 5.5 from 4 outlets
- 7.5 Chicago Sun-TimesRichard Roeper
Father Stu breaks no new ground in the biopic game, but it?s a solid and worthy tribute to the real-life Father Stu.
Read - 5.0 The Hollywood ReporterStephen Farber
Although this true story (even if embellished a bit by the filmmakers) inevitably builds some emotion, it ends up feeling more banal than spiritually exalting.
Read - 5.0 VarietyOwen Gleiberman
Father Stu is not your everyday Hollywood religious odyssey ? it?s closer to ?Diary of a Country Cutup.? It?s a surprisingly sincere movie about religious feeling, but it is also, too often, a dramatically undernourished one
Read - 4.5 The WrapCarlos Aguilar
Anyone who?s sat through enough of those Christian films and watched them with a critical eye (and not for the mere indoctrination) can easily tell that the basic craftsmanship of Father Stu is on a different level. That doesn?t necessarily make this an admirable production, but at least it?s a proficient one.
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Questions about the reviews of Father Stu
- What score does Father Stu have?
- Readers give it 7.3 (3 votes). The critics, 5.5 on average from 4 reviews.
- What do the critics say about Father Stu?
- The highest score is Chicago Sun-Times’s (7.5) and the lowest The Wrap’s (4.5).