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.
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.
Quick Stats
8.1
TMDB Rating
641
Votes
1h 29m
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Key Crew
DirectorRussell Mulcahy
WriterKatie Ford
CinematographyThom Best
ComposerChristopher Ward
EditorVictor Du Bois
Produced by
Once Upon a Time FilmsSladek Taaffe ProductionsPermut Presentations
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Critics & Reviews
1 featuredCast
Sigourney Weaver
Mary Griffith
Henry Czerny
Robert Griffith
Ryan Kelley
Bobby Griffith
Austin Nichols
Ed Griffith
Carly Schroeder
Joy Griffith
Scott Bailey
David
Rebecca Louise Miller
Jeanette
Shannon Eagen
Nancy Griffith
Susan Ruttan
Betty Lambert
Dan Butler
Reverend Whitsell
Lee Garlington
Psychologist
M
Madge Levinson
Ophelia
M
Marshall McClean
Reverend Owens
A
Anna Badalamenti
Michelle
Ele Bardha
Doug
