← Back to films
Prayers for Bobby

Prayers for Bobby

8,1 /10 (629 Votes)
2009 EN 89 min

Overview

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.

Stream

Powered by JustWatch via TMDB

Release date

24/01/2009

Votes

629

Popularity

2.4

She loves everything about her son...except who he is.

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

89 min

Original Soundtrack

Loading soundtrack videos…

T

tmdb15214618

2018-06-13

⭐ 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.

Read full review →