Movie Details
- Status: Released
- Movie Tagline: She loves everything about her son … except who he is.
- Genres: Drama, History, TV Movie
- Release Date: 2009-01-24
- Runtime: 90.0 min
- Budget: Not Available
- Revenue: Not Available
- Production Companies: Permut Presentations, Once Upon a Time Films, Sladek Taaffe Productions
Cast & Crew
Ryan Kelley, Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny, Dan Butler, Austin Nichols, Carly Schroeder, Shannon Eagen, Scott Bailey, Rebecca Louise Miller, Susan Ruttan
Synopsis – What to Expect from “Prayers for Bobby”
Prayers for Bobby is a 2009 Lifetime television movie directed by Russell Mulcahy. It stars Sigourney Weaver as Mary Griffith, a devoutly religious mother whose gay son Bobby (Ryan Kelley) commits suicide due to her refusal to accept his homosexuality.
The movie opens with Mary Griffith (Weaver) as a young mother living in the suburbs of California in the 1970s. She is a devout Christian and is raising her four children with the same values. Mary’s youngest son Bobby (Kelley) is a sensitive and artistic child who shows signs of being different from his siblings.
As Bobby grows up, he struggles to reconcile his faith with his homosexuality. He attempts to pray away his feelings but eventually comes out to his family. Mary is horrified and refuses to accept him, believing that homosexuality is a sin. Bobby is devastated by his mother’s rejection and begins to fall into depression.
He attempts to take his own life but is unsuccessful. Mary eventually comes to terms with Bobby’s sexuality and begins to accept him. She joins a support group for parents with gay children and begins to fight for gay rights in her community.
Bobby eventually moves to San Francisco, where he finds a supportive community and begins to thrive. He is accepted by his peers and is able to be his true self. However, his depression continues to haunt him and he eventually takes his own life.
Mary is devastated by Bobby’s death and begins to question
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