She loves everything about her son...except who he is.
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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Earnest, grave, classical in form and resolved.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemporarynostalgic
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Cast
- Sigourney WeaverMary Griffith
- Henry CzernyRobert Griffith
- Ryan KelleyBobby Griffith
- Austin NicholsEd Griffith
- Carly SchroederJoy Griffith
- Scott BaileyDavid
- Rebecca Louise MillerJeanette
- Shannon EagenNancy Griffith
- Susan RuttanBetty Lambert
- Dan ButlerReverend Whitsell
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- Russell MulcahyDirector
- Thom BestDirector of Photography
- Christopher WardOriginal Music Composer
- Victor Du BoisEditor
- Damian GanczewskiProducer
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