When the Bough Breaks

2016

Action / Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Romance / Thriller

62
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 45% · 25 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 45% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.2/10 10 8737 8.7K

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Plot summary

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

Director

Jon Cassar Photo
Jon Cassar

Top cast

Steve Terada Photo
Steve Terada as Young Researcher
Romany Malco Photo
Romany Malco as Todd Decker
GiGi Erneta Photo
GiGi Erneta as Dr. Grace Park
Regina Hall Photo
Regina Hall as Laura Taylor
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
796.83 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
Seeds 4
1.64 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by angelsbowbhim 5 / 10

Same ol' drivel

Sad to see stars like Morris Chestnut and Regina Hall sign on for such a rehashed and unrealistic plot. Who's writing this trash, anyways, people who have never talked to anyone in a real marriage? That whole, "I think she's got a 'thing' for you. giggle-hee-hee, It's okay, I think it's cute" said no woman EVER regarding some younger woman who her husband has already stated he finds physically attractive. Such bad decisions by the main characters when it was obvious things were going south made it easy to not care what happened to them. And that whole, "I can't have a baby...I'm not a real woman" quote by Hall's character...puh-leease! Can we stop with that reproductive-normative mess, like motherhood is the be-all-end-all for every woman? ~Sigh~ Chestnut and Hall deserved a much better script and a much better plot for their level of talent. They each have been in the business far too long to be starring in a storyline that is so overdone and repetitive. Nothing to see here folks...
Reviewed by stevendbeard 6 / 10

Psychotic Obsession

I saw "When the Bough Breaks", starring Morris Chestnut-Kick-Ass 2, Under Siege 2:Dark Territory; Regina Hall-The Think Like a Man movies, Law Abiding Citizen; Glenn Morshower-X-Men First Class, 24-TV and Jaz Sinclair-Paper Towns, Rizzoli & Isles-TV.This is a thriller about a couple who are in need of a surrogate. Morris & Regina are the married couple trying to start their own family. Every attempt has failed which leads them to a surrogate, Jaz. At first, Jaz seems perfect; she is young, healthy and willing to carry their inseminated child, but soon, things change. Jaz' boyfriend wants her to milk Morris & Regina for money. Then, Jaz starts to show interest in Morris that makes him feel uncomfortable. Then she starts showing up at his job, which gets Morris in trouble with his boss, Glenn. Things continue to escalate until pretty soon, Jiz seems to be doing her best impersonation of the psychotically obsessed Glenn Close from Fatal Attraction. As you can probably tell, there is not much new here but the actor's execution of the material is quite watchable. It's rated "PG-13" for violence, language, disturbing images and sexual content-including partial nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 47 minutes. I don't know if I would buy this one on DVD but it would make a good rental.
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