Mark Wahlberg’s Father Stu returns to theaters with PG-13 lower

Mark Wahlberg’s Father Stu is heading again to theaters subsequent month, and this time, it will likely be with out all these naughty phrases. The unique lower of Father Stu was launched again in April with an R-rating for “language all through,” however Sony Photos will re-release the film on December ninth with a PG-13 edit.

Boasting a brand new title — Father Stu: Reborn — the recut film is now rated PG-13 for “language, an accident scene, sexual references, some violence and smoking.” Based mostly on a real story, Father Stu follows the lifetime of Stuart Lengthy, a boxer-turned-priest who impressed numerous folks throughout his journey from self-destruction to redemption. Written and directed by Rosalind Ross, Father Stu starred Mark Wahlberg because the title character, together with Mel Gibson, Jacki Weaver, and Teresa Ruiz.

Along with starring in Father Stu, Mark Wahlberg additionally invested “thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands” of his personal cash into the film. The actor had shopped the film round to quite a lot of producers however felt that none of them acquired it. “They didn’t see the guts and the emotion and, finally, how inspiring it’s,” Wahlberg instructed Individuals. “So I felt Mel had accomplished it with The Ardour, possibly I attempt it. And if I did discover somebody to finance, then that’s a complete different dialog as a result of sometimes the particular person reducing the examine additionally has notes and needs to be concerned within the course of,” Wahlberg mentioned. “So I felt, you understand what, I believe it’s higher if I simply step up and have full management… I’m at all times prepared to guess on myself.“

In his evaluation of Father Stu, our personal Chris Bumbray thought that the film could be “means too racy for a extra conservative Christian viewers,” with each Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg most likely setting “a profession file when it comes to F-bombs dropped.” With the brand new PG-13 lower of Father Stu, maybe Wahlberg will appeal to a few of the viewers who have been postpone by the movie’s R-rating. You possibly can take a look at the remainder of Chris Bumbray’s evaluation of Father Stu proper right here.