Prayers for Bobby (2009)

★ 8.1 1h 29m 657 votes IMDb
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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

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Cast

Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver as Mary Griffith Age 77 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an American actress. Weaver is considered to be a pioneer of action heroines in science fiction films. She is known for her role as Ellen R...
Henry Czerny
Henry Czerny as Robert Griffith Age 67 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada Henry Czerny (/ˈtʃɛərni/ CHAIR-nee; born February 8, 1959) is a Canadian stage, film, and television actor. He is known for his roles in the films The Boys of St. Vincent, Clear and Present Danger, Th...
Ryan Kelley
Ryan Kelley as Bobby Griffith Age 40 · Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA Ryan Jonathan Kelley (born August 31, 1986) is an American actor known for his Independent Spirit Award winning performance in Mean Creek and his work on the hit television series Smallville. He also...
Austin Nichols
Austin Nichols as Ed Griffith Age 46 · Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Austin Nichols (born April 24, 1980) is an American film, television actor and director who is perhaps best known for his role as Julian Baker in The CW drama series One Tree Hill. He is also known fo...
Carly Schroeder
Carly Schroeder as Joy Griffith Age 35 · Valparaiso, Indiana, USA
Scott Bailey
Scott Bailey as David Age 47 · Florissant, Missouri, USA Scott Bailey is an actor..
Director Russell Mulcahy
Cast Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny, Ryan Kelley, Austin Nichols, Carly Schroeder, Scott Bailey, Rebecca Louise Miller, Shannon Eagen, Susan Ruttan, Dan Butler

Audience Reviews

tmdb15214618 5/10 Jun 14, 2018
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.
kinrich30 8/10 Sep 08, 2026
This was based on real events - a rather sad movie. When a woman mistakes religious dogma for religious faith, her son pays the price

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