Here's the obvious question: What is Sigourney Weaver doing in a Lifetime movie? Answer: Giving one heartrending performance.

| Oct 15, 2019

Poignant but as heavy handed as an old after-school special. It delivers an important message, but I wonder whether those who need to hear it will stick around long enough to listen.

| Oct 3, 2019

The cast is just perfect -- not a missed beat. And Weaver? She puts in a performance that is right up there with her best work.

| Oct 3, 2019

It doesn't mean to feel maniacally manipulative. It just happened that way... Sigourney Weaver is the film's strength; the neat Lifetime tie-a- ribbon ending is its biggest weakness.

| Oct 3, 2019

Weaver gives what is undeniably one of her best performances.

| Oct 3, 2019

It's a total tearjerker, with a powerhouse performance from Weaver.

| Oct 3, 2019

A nice showcase for Weaver, a sensitive story given the light Lifetime touch. Have a box of Kleenex nearby.

| Oct 3, 2019

Weaver is superb -- the depth and authenticity of her performance are unusual, not to say unheard of in a Lifetime movie. This is not a perfect movie, nor even a great one, but there are moments in it of absolute transcendency.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 3, 2019

With heavy-handed symbolism adding further clutter, it's not until the heart-rending final act and Weaver's impassioned pleas that the film's events really hit home in the way they deserve.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 3, 2019

Prayers for Bobby is not a great movie, but it is a worthwhile one with a purpose beyond mere entertainment. It should be required viewing for any parent who considers disowning his or her gay child.

| Oct 3, 2019

That said, the movie has flaws aplenty... Still, there's no denying the story's impact, as it echoes more than 25 years after Bobby's death.

| Oct 3, 2019

The problem here lies with wrapping that message inside a movie that has so little nuance it plays like a public service announcement.

| Oct 3, 2019

There may be some flaws in "Prayers for Bobby," but that doesn't mean it won't kick you in the emotional gut.

| Oct 3, 2019

In Weaver "Prayers for Bobby" has a leading lady whose prayers for a part worthy of her talents have been forcefully answered.

| Oct 3, 2019

Overall, this represents one of Lifetime's finest moments, an original that soars above the network's typical overwrought dramatics.

| Oct 3, 2019