An Ideal Father vs Prayers for Bobby

Prayers for Bobby has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.3/10 for An Ideal Father). Prayers for Bobby is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 30m. Prayers for Bobby is the older of the two (2009 against 2024). Both are drama, tv movie movies, so they suit a similar mood.

An Ideal Father posterAn Ideal Father2024 VS Prayers for Bobby posterPrayers for Bobby2009
An Ideal FatherPrayers for Bobby
Audience score★ 6.3/10★ 8.1/10
Year20242009
Length1h 30m1h 29m
GenresDrama, TV MovieDrama, History, TV Movie
Country––
DirectorHélène FillièresRussell Mulcahy
Main castRufus, Jérôme Kircher, Laurent Gerra, Eddy Mitchell, Laure-Lucille SimonHenry Czerny, Carly Schroeder, Sigourney Weaver, Ryan Kelley, Dan Butler

Synopsis

An Ideal Father

Michel, the jovial owner of the only café in a small Normandy town, sees his life turned upside down when his teenage daughter is murdered. The community has his back but soon rumor spreads and Michel is singled out. From the ideal father, he becomes the ideal culprit.

Prayers for Bobby

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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