Carrie vs Prayers for Bobby

Prayers for Bobby has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.1/10 for Carrie). Prayers for Bobby is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 2h 12m. Carrie is the older of the two (2002 against 2009). Both are drama, tv movie movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Carrie posterCarrie2002 VS Prayers for Bobby posterPrayers for Bobby2009
CarriePrayers for Bobby
Audience score★ 6.1/10★ 8.1/10
Year20022009
Length2h 12m1h 29m
GenresDrama, Horror, TV MovieDrama, History, TV Movie
Country––
DirectorDavid CarsonRussell Mulcahy
Main castPatricia Clarkson, David Keith, Kandyse McClure, Katharine Isabelle, Rena SoferHenry Czerny, Carly Schroeder, Sigourney Weaver, Ryan Kelley, Dan Butler

Synopsis

Carrie

An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home. When her tormentors pull a humiliating prank at the senior prom, she unleashes a horrifying chaos on everyone, leaving nothing but destruction in her wake.

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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