When the Bough Breaks

2016

PG-13

1h 37m

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5.8/10

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Thriller

A surrogate mother harbors a deadly secret desire for a family of her own with the husband who is expecting to raise her child.

Directors

Jon Cassar

Writers

Jack Olsen(screenplay by)

Stars

Morris Chestnut

Regina Hall

Jaz Sinclair

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Top cast

John Taylor

Laura Taylor

Anna Walsh

Todd Decker

Michael Kenneth Williams

Roland White

Martin Cooper

Mike Mitchell

Dr. Grace Park

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Clerk

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Party Planner

Susan

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Security Guard #2

Secretary

Carol

Directors

Jon Cassar

Writers

Jack Olsen(screenplay by)

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**It's like a falling tree dropping a seed on the ground.** I have to agree with the film critics on this one. Felt like I have already seen this film, but it turned out to be a very familiar thriller theme. It had plenty of issues and the first thing was the main plot in which the story built on. The mother-child connection is a very sensitive matter and that's where the film got stumbled. Even though they wanted to do film on that, they did not convince with the portrayed of the surrogate mother. From the entertainment perspective, it lacked the thriller big. The climax was all the sudden and then it ended just like that. At first I thought it might be a remake, but it was inspired or borrowed the theme from elsewhere. This psychological-thriller focused on to tell the tale of a wealthy childless couple. They decide to hire a young and beautiful Anna to be their surrogate mother. When everything was going very well, Anna's crush on the man she's carrying a baby begin to blow the things off. So now what happens to the couple, Anna and the baby revealed in the final segment. Thankfully, this is not the worst film of the year. I have even worse than this. But this can be easily a skippable one. There's no complaint over the actors, they had given what the characters demanded. Rich in quality, not a bad film from the technical aspect. Those are the area where it got scored a few points from me. If the screenplay had developed well, the film would have been in a different league. Particularly, I did not like the lack of diversity, looked like a black film for the black viewers. There are lots of similar films which are much better than this one that you could try. _4/10_

Rangan24 Dec, 2016