Prayers for Bobby
She loves everything about her son...except who he is.
2009 | 89m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Russell Mulcahy |
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| Writer: | Leroy Aarons |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 24, 2009 |
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| Director: | Russell Mulcahy |
| Writer: | Leroy Aarons |
| Genres: | Drama, History, TV Movie |
| Keywords | christianity, suicide, based on novel or book, parent child relationship, homophobia, coming out, 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 |
| Production Companies | Permut Presentations, Once Upon a Time Films, Sladek Taaffe Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Madge Levinson | Ophelia |
| Marshall McClean | Reverend Owens |
| Anna Badalamenti | Michelle |
| Ele Bardha | Doug |
| Linda Boston | Marge |
| Marty Bufalini | Councilman |
| Sonja Crosby | Celeste |
| Bryan Fox | Greg |
| Colleen Gentry | Citizen |
| Ed Kelly | Minister |
| Andrew Kruczynski | Football Player |
| Rusty Mewha | Rev. Michaels |
| Julia Mogerman | Teri |
| Jaime Moyer | Liz |
| Janice O'Neill | Jackie |
| Spencer Perrenoud | Teen on Mailbox |
| Jim Porterfield | Trucker |
| Amanda Ryskamp | Audrey |
| Dan Wells | Rev. Hassler |
| Melanie Wilson | Margaret |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Russell Mulcahy | Director |
| Thom Best | Director of Photography |
| Victor Du Bois | Editor |
| Leroy Aarons | Book |
| Katie Ford | Teleplay |
| Christopher Ward | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Chris Taaffe | Executive Producer |
| Daniel Sladek | Executive Producer |
| Damian Ganczewski | Producer |
| Stanley M. Brooks | Executive Producer |
| David Permut | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 12 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 33 | 78 | 13 |
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| 2025 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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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 ... f people don't mind being drenched in sap.
Jun 23, 2021