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Prayers for Bobby
Prayers for Bobby

8.1

Prayers for Bobby

PG·2009·89m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director

Russell Mulcahy

Book

Leroy Aarons

Teleplay

Katie Ford

Reviews

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June 13, 2018

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.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

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