Prayers for Bobby

Prayers for Bobby

Title : Prayers for Bobby
Release : 2009 2020-05-22T04:51:08Z
Rating : 8.1 10 7043
Language : English
Runtime : 90
Genre : Biography,Drama,Romance
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Description

In "Prayers for Bobby," Mary Griffith (Sigourney Weaver) is a devout Christian who raises her children with the conservative teachings of the Presbyterian Church. However, when her son Bobby (Ryan Kelley) confides to his older brother he may be gay, life changes for the entire family after Mary learns about his secret. While Bobby's father (Henry Czerny) and siblings slowly come to terms with his homosexuality, Mary believes God can cure him of what she considers his 'sin' and persuades Bobby to pray harder and seek solace in church activities in hopes of changing him. Desperate for his mother's approval, Bobby does what is asked of him, but through it all, the church's apparent disapproval of homosexuality causes him to grow increasingly withdrawn and depressed. Guilty over the pain he is causing Mary, Bobby moves away, yet hopes that some day his mother will accept him. His subsequent depression and self-loathing intensifies as he blames himself for not being the 'perfect' son and ...

Director By:
Russell Mulcahy
Writer By:

Katie Ford (teleplay), Leroy Aarons (book)

Actors By:
Sigourney Weaver , Henry Czerny , Ryan Kelley , Austin Nichols