Prayers for Bobby

Watch: Prayers for Bobby

2/27/20091h 29m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ She loves everything about her son...except who he is. ~

Overview:

Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much less understood, Bobby finally came out to his family.

Director:

Russell Mulcahy

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

coming out
suicide
based on novel or book
parent child relationship
homophobia
christianity
intolerance
based on true story
grief
male homosexuality
religion
tragic event
lgbt
death of son
teen suicide
lgbt activist
religious intolerance
death of a loved one
gay theme

Cast

Ryan Kelley

~ as ~

Bobby Griffith

Sigourney Weaver

~ as ~

Mary Griffith

Henry Czerny

~ as ~

Robert Griffith

Dan Butler

~ as ~

Reverend Whitsell

Austin Nichols

~ as ~

Ed Griffith

Carly Schroeder

~ as ~

Joy Griffith

Shannon Eagen

~ as ~

Nancy Griffith

Scott Bailey

~ as ~

David

Rebecca Louise Miller

~ as ~

Jeanette

Susan Ruttan

~ as ~

Betty Lambert

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Reviews (1)

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Written 7 year(s) ago
5
Prayers for Bobby is so clunkily wholesome and earnest, in such an obvious and belaboured fashion, that it imbues everything with a hokey artificiality, which reminds you, incessantly, that none of what you're watching is real. It's embarrassingly sappy. It didn't work for me but, evidently, a lot of people don't mind being drenched in sap.