Child Bride of Short Creek vs Prayers for Bobby
Prayers for Bobby has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.5/10 for Child Bride of Short Creek). Prayers for Bobby is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 35m. Child Bride of Short Creek is the older of the two (1981 against 2009). Both are drama, tv movie movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Child Bride of Short Creek
Prayers for Bobby| Child Bride of Short Creek | Prayers for Bobby | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 1981 | 2009 |
| Length | 1h 35m | 1h 29m |
| Genres | Drama, TV Movie | Drama, History, TV Movie |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Robert Michael Lewis | Russell Mulcahy |
| Main cast | Diane Lane, Helen Hunt, Dee Wallace, Christopher Atkins, Heidi Bohay | Henry Czerny, Carly Schroeder, Sigourney Weaver, Ryan Kelley, Dan Butler |
Synopsis
Child Bride of Short Creek
A dramatization of the true account of a fundamentalist sect in Arizona that practices polygamy, and a returning Korean War veteran's rebellion against his father when he learns that the latter plans to increase his stable of wives by adding the 15-year-old girl with whom his son is romantically involved.
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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