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Prayers for Bobby

Movie
2009
1h 30m
PG
English
Drama, History, TV Movie
User Score: 
8.2
Critic Score: 
69
Prayers for Bobby' Poster
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.
Prayers for Bobby Poster

Prayers for Bobby

PG
Movie
2009
1h 30m
English
Drama, History, TV Movie
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.
Rating
WATCHMODE
8.2
IMDB
Prayers for Bobby (2009) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
69

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Ryan Kelley
Bobby Griffith
Sigourney Weaver
Mary Griffith
Henry Czerny
Robert Griffith
Dan Butler
Reverend Whitsell
Austin Nichols
Ed Griffith
Carly Schroeder
Joy Griffith
Shannon Eagen
Nancy Griffith
Susan Ruttan
Betty Lambert
Directed By: Russell Mulcahy

Featured Comments/Tips

rohitgabba says...
10 years ago
Loved the "A child is listening" speech...great movie
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2Ls1T says...
4 years ago
This was a really great film. Sigourney Weaver was terrific as usual but the whole cast is great. It's a pity it was made by Lifetime because it was diminished by a slightly saccharine feel in places and occasional heavy-handed use of music. There were also some rather abrupt cuts, which I guess reflected where some of the advert breaks would have been. Still, it was a really good film and an emotional climax. Poignant due to it being based on a real person's story. I've also just read up about this film having just finished watching it and found out that Mary Griffith died at the start of this year aged 85, adding an extra layer of sadness. The fact that the Republican Party's 2020 platform includes the repeal of same-sex marriage means the struggle for acceptance endures even though this film is set nearly 40 years ago.
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trakt-caz says...
6 years ago
Scary movie. It shows the length that brainwashing do to our culture. Typical of a tv-movie it has some really good actors carrying the movie along with worse acting from the rest. But an important message, well performed and told - this is a good movie. Along with the danish drama "Worlds Apart" from Jehova's witness perspective this is a must-see.
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katherysm-deleted-deleted-1526856272 says...
7 years ago
this is so perfect, i cried about a hundred times
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Featured User Reviews

ibuddy66
10/10  6 years ago
Perhaps one of the most powerful films of the early 2000s, Prayers For Bobby details a story that is close to home for many in the LGBTQ+ community. Throughout the film, the true feelings of the main character, Bobby, can be felt deeply in anyone who has grown up in an extremist religion environmen More
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Basinator
10/10  3 years ago
An intense sad and emotional rollercoaster to watch, no matter who you are. I suggest this movie to everyone, whether being LGBTQ or an ally, or an adversary of them. Yes, even if you think yourself homosexuality is wrong - the movie is pretty much taking that into account. If you intend to cite the More
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Law
6 years ago
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 o More
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