Prayers for Bobby
2009 · 1h 29m · Drama, History, TV Movie · United States of America · Rated PG (US)
She loves everything about her son...except who he is.
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.
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Russell Mulcahy7.8Smart score
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based on novel or bookbased on true storychristianitycoming outdeath of a loved onedeath of sondepressingempatheticgay themegriefhardhomophobiaintolerancelgbtlgbt activistmale homosexualityparent child relationshippowerfulreligionreligious intolerancesuicideteen suicidetragic event
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