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Prayers for Bobby
MOVIE: Lifetime, Saturday 1/24 at 9:00p (120 minutes)


9.8

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Starring Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny, Ryan Kelley, Austin Nichols, Carly Schroeder, Shannon Eagan, and Scott Bailey

Based on true events, the suicide of her gay son spurs Mary (Sigourney Weaver) to change and become a LGBT advocate.

GENRE(S):	Drama, True Story
CREATED BY:	Leroy Aarons (book)
FIRST AIR DATE:	January 24, 2009

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Entertainment Weekly Tanner Stransky

Starring as the all-too-righteous mother who is moved to become a gay advocate after shunning her son to a tragic end, Sigourney Weaver unleashes a raw, Emmy-worthy performance.

Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond

Exceptional performances abound in this poignant Lifetime original about a mother who realizes too late that unconditional love for her gay son is far more important than her faith in a homophobic, vindictive and judgmental God.

Variety Brian Lowry

Beautifully adapted by writer Katie Ford from Leroy Aarons' book, the movie takes dialogue that has doubtless been expressed from children to parents countless times before--"Why would I choose this?" an exasperated Bobby pleads to his mother--and sharpens its edges to unleash the heartbreak within. That's largely due to the fine performances, which zero in on the characters' shared suffering, frustration and confusion.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

Prayers for Bobby is not a great movie, but it is a worthwhile one with a purpose beyond mere entertainment. It should be required viewing for any parent who considers disowning his or her gay child.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

It's filled with obvious dichotomies...You know, it's a Lifetime movie. Still, there's no denying the story's impact, as it echoes more than 25 years after Bobby's death.

San Francisco Chronicle David Wiegand

Awkward dialogue and merely adequate direction notwithstanding, Bobby becomes a universal story of a child trying to please a parent, and of a parent who learns too late that children will, after all, listen.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

The problem here lies with wrapping that message inside a movie that has so little nuance it plays like a public service announcement.

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Prayers for Bobby MOVIE: Lifetime, Saturday 1/24 at 9:00p (120 minutes)

Prayers for Bobby
MOVIE: Lifetime, Saturday 1/24 at 9:00p (120 minutes)