Having watched this film I scored it 6/10, then after reading the bulk of other comments I wondered if I had been a little mean. I am really not sure. Being neither gay nor a bible-basher...maybe I didn't fully relate? To be honest I think the real problem is that I am not American. (Or perhaps it was set in the '80's and *surely* attitudes have changed?) There just seemed to be too many inconsistencies in the story that bothered me. Bobby has a loving family apart from his fanatical mother and vaguely ambivalent father. He has found happiness with a partner in Portland yet still his mother's words from his childhood drive him to suicide? His mother, supposedly a Christian fanatic who takes the bible literally doesn't know many key verses? Acting was very good, Ms. Weaver is as ever engrossing but though a good watch I just can't get that gushing about this film that so many others have. I'll stick with 6/10, 6.5 if I could.
Review of Prayers for Bobby
