“She loves everything about her son...except who he is.”
Prayers for Bobby
8.1
634 votes·2009
·1h 29m
·MovieDramaHistoryTV Movie
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.
Keywords
coming outsuicidebased on novel or bookparent child relationshipbased on true storygriefmale homosexualitytragic eventlgbtdeath of sonteen suicidelgbt activist
Cast
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
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