Prayers for Bobby vs Starving in Suburbia
Prayers for Bobby has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.5/10 for Starving in Suburbia). Starving in Suburbia is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 29m. Prayers for Bobby is the older of the two (2009 against 2014). Both are drama, tv movie movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Prayers for Bobby
Starving in Suburbia| Prayers for Bobby | Starving in Suburbia | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Drama, History, TV Movie | Drama, TV Movie |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Russell Mulcahy | Tara Miele |
| Main cast | Henry Czerny, Carly Schroeder, Sigourney Weaver, Ryan Kelley, Dan Butler | Emma Dumont, Paula Newsome, Izabella Miko, Brendan Meyer, Callie Thorne |
Synopsis
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.
Starving in Suburbia
When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site founder, ButterflyAna. By the time Hannah's family realizes what is happening and get Hannah the help she needs, the disease has fully taken hold and Hannah is refusing to eat. Will this family be able to exorcise the demon of anorexia from their lives?
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