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When the Bough Breaks
Directed by
Jon Cassar
PG-13
2016
1h 37m
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5.2
12%
45%
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A surrogate mom for a couple becomes dangerously obsessed with the soon-to-be father.
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Cast of When the Bough Breaks
Morris Chestnut
John Taylor
Regina Hall
Laura Taylor
Jaz Sinclair
Anna Walsh
Romany Malco
Todd Decker
Michael Kenneth Williams
Roland White
Glenn Morshower
Martin Cooper
Theo Rossi
Mike Mitchell
GiGi Erneta
Dr. Grace Park
Micheal K. Douglas
Party Worker
Christina Bach
Clerk
Justin Lebrun
Actor
Michelle DeVito
Party Planner
Boyana Balta
Susan
Carrie Lazar
Patrick Kearns
Waiter
Maurice Johnson
Security Guard #2
Shannon Murray
Secretary
Denise Gossett
Carol
Sue-Lynn Ansari
E.R. Nurse
Tom Nowicki
Peter Kaye
Shona Gastian
Neighbor
Heather Ashley Chase
Dr. Harrison
Jeff Caperton
Blake Marshall
Steve Terada
Young Researcher
Kevin Tillett
Emergency Medical Technician
Tracy B. Mann
Pedestrian
John C. Coffman
Neighbor
Brett Baker
Investigating Officer
Ted Ferguson
Judge Paulson
When the Bough Breaks Ratings & Reviews
AV Club
Katie Rife
The plot doesn't differ much from last year's parody of these types of movies, A Deadly Adoption ...
RogerEbert.com
Nick Allen
While empathy is first to go in the tasteless When the Bough Breaks, there is nothing good in its place.
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
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.
Austin Chronicle
Josh Kupecki
A neutered, paint-by-numbers snoozefest.
Seven Days (VT)
Margot Harrison
An enjoyable camp fest.
Common Sense Media
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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.
The Ringer
K. Austin Collins
Give us a When the Bough Breaks with smarter direction.
The Hollywood Reporter
Sheri Linden
A lazily written and generically directed Fatal Attraction knockoff.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
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.
New York Times
Neil Genzlinger
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.
Variety
Joe Leydon
"When the Bough Breaks" comes across as a Lifetime cable movie that got lucky and won a lottery offering theatrical release as first prize.
TheWrap
Dan Callahan
A very conservative film that ducks any issues that might be dramatically interesting in order to work up lame suspense sequences.
Movie Bitches
Andrew Galdi
It was incredibly boring.
Movie Bitches
Avaryl Halley
This could've been so much more interesting. It really could have.
John Hanlon Reviews
John Hanlon
A predictable and cliched affair featuring seemingly intelligent characters who can't stop making terrible decisions.
CinemaBlend
Gregory Wakeman
Awful. Just awful. And while watching it, you get the distinct feeling that everyone involved with When The Bough Breaks knows it, too.
We Got This Covered
Robert Yaniz, Jr.
A promising setup yields nothing but a cliche story and endless logic gaps in When The Bough Breaks, a film with two lead actors who deserve far better material.
Paste Magazine
Jim Hemphill
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.
Blu-ray.com
Brian Orndorf
Its unrelenting flatness is a real shame, and now an autumn tradition.
Bowling Green Daily News
Micheal Compton
The worst kind of thriller -- one where seemingly smart people keep doing dumb things over and over and over.
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When The Bough Breaks: Jon Cassar On The Taylors Trusting A Complete Stranger
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