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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…
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Prayers for Bobby
“She loves everything about her son...except who he is.”
81%
Movie
1h 29m
AI Analysis
Prayers for Bobby (2009) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Prayers for Bobby (2009) — a movie tagged as Drama, History, and TV Movie with epic moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 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. Our models also surface themes such as family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~89 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Prayers for Bobby 81% (627 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2009-01-24
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- TMDB rating
- 8.1
- TMDB ID
- 21634
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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 n... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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The official runtime for Prayers for Bobby is approximately 89 minutes.
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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
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Madge Levinson
Ophelia
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Marshall McClean
Reverend Owens
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Anna Badalamenti
Michelle
Ele Bardha
Doug
Linda Boston
Marge
Marty Bufalini
Councilman
Sonja Crosby
Celeste
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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 of people don't mind being drenched in sap.
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