When the Bough Breaks
A surrogate mum decides to take advantage of a couple and it now turned out to be a deadly game with a psychopath who holds the key to their future.
12 April 1946, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
3 November 1958, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
1 July 1980, Morristown, New Jersey, USA
22 November 1966, Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
22 July 1994, Dallas, Texas, USA
24 April 1959, Dallas, Texas, USA
19 October 1954, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
12 August 1948, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
12 December 1970, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
September 15, 2016
A neutered, paint-by-numbers snoozefest.
September 14, 2016
This is Cassar's second film this year -- the first was the exquisite Western Forsaken -- and confirmation that he's a filmmaker of uncommon talent and versatility.
September 13, 2016
A predictable and cliched affair featuring seemingly intelligent characters who can't stop making terrible decisions.
September 16, 2016
Thrillers in which seemingly harmless outsiders worm their way into safe, secure, middle-class homes and then threaten them were popular in the '90s; this one feels like a pale copy.
September 09, 2016
Perhaps you were wondering if it were still possible to wring any suspense out of an unbalanced-third-wheel plot. "When the Bough Breaks," about a surrogate pregnancy gone horribly wrong, has a definitive answer: No, it isn't.
January 01, 2017
An enjoyable camp fest.
September 09, 2016
While empathy is first to go in the tasteless When the Bough Breaks, there is nothing good in its place.
September 09, 2016
The plot doesn't differ much from last year's parody of these types of movies, A Deadly Adoption ...
September 15, 2016
The movie boasts strong performances by Chestnut and Hall (both of whom are always welcome)... Ultimately, though, all are undone by the tiresome familiarity of Jack Olsen's predictable script and Jon Cassar's limp direction.
September 09, 2016
Writer Jack Olsen's glossy script goes light on logic, credibility and mining some of the story's deeper ramifications, as it works its way toward the inevitable, largely predictable final showdown.
September 09, 2016
"When the Bough Breaks" comes across as a Lifetime cable movie that got lucky and won a lottery offering theatrical release as first prize.
September 10, 2016
A lazily written and generically directed Fatal Attraction knockoff.
