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When the Bough Breaks

Genres
Drama
Thriller
Rating
5.8
Status
Released
PG-13
Release Date2016-09-09
Runtime97 min
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Budget$10,000,000
Revenue$30,658,387
IMDbView on IMDb

Overview

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

Keywords
husband wife relationship
obsession
married couple
pregnancy
new orleans, louisiana
surrogate mother
inheritance
soldier
young woman
chef
desire
physical abuse
dead cat
boyfriend girlfriend relationship
wanting to have children
young couple
surrogacy
mentally unstable
lake house
successful
killing a cat
corporate lawyer
secret
charity benefit
unable to get pregnant

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Cast & Crew

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Morris Chestnut

as John Taylor

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Regina Hall

as Laura Taylor

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Jaz Sinclair

as Anna Walsh

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Romany Malco

as Todd Decker

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Michael Kenneth Williams

as Roland White

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Glenn Morshower

as Martin Cooper

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Theo Rossi

as Mike Mitchell

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GiGi Erneta

as Dr. Grace Park

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Micheal K. Douglas

as Party Worker

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Christina Bach

as Clerk

Reviews

2
F

Frank Ochieng

Sep 10, 2016

The woefully generic **When the Bough Breaks** has the gloss factor going for it to a certain extent. Truthfully, its presentable package of panicky polish includes a stylish suspense piece highlighting an attractive cast involved in familiar dramatic cable-TV inspired shrugs and false jolts. Of course the creepy cradle falls in the mediocre **When…

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R

Reno

Dec 24, 2016

4/10

**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 …

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