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When the Bough Breaks

  • 20162016
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 47m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
7.4K
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Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, and Jaz Sinclair in When the Bough Breaks (2016)
John and Laura Taylor (Morris Chestnut and Regina Hall) are a young, professional couple who desperately want a baby.  After exhausting all other options, they finally hire Anna (Jaz Sinclair), the perfect woman to be their surrogate - but as she gets further along in her pregnancy, so too does her psychotic and dangerous fixation on the husband. The couple becomes caught up in Anna's deadly game and must fight to regain control of their future before it's too late.
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A surrogate mom for a couple becomes dangerously obsessed with the soon-to-be father.A surrogate mom for a couple becomes dangerously obsessed with the soon-to-be father.A surrogate mom for a couple becomes dangerously obsessed with the soon-to-be father.
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7.4K
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    • Jon Cassar
    • Jack Olsen(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Morris Chestnut
    • Regina Hall
    • Romany Malco
    • Jon Cassar
    • Jack Olsen(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Morris Chestnut
    • Regina Hall
    • Romany Malco
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    • 59User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
    • 28Metascore
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    Morris Chestnut and Jaz Sinclair in When the Bough Breaks (2016)
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    Morris Chestnut and Regina Hall in When the Bough Breaks (2016)
    Morris Chestnut and Regina Hall in When the Bough Breaks (2016)
    Regina Hall in When the Bough Breaks (2016)
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    Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, and Jaz Sinclair in When the Bough Breaks (2016)
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    Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, and Jaz Sinclair in When the Bough Breaks (2016)
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    Morris Chestnut
    Morris Chestnut
    • John Taylor
    Regina Hall
    Regina Hall
    • Laura Taylor
    Romany Malco
    Romany Malco
    • Todd Decker
    Michael Kenneth Williams
    Michael Kenneth Williams
    • Roland White
    • (as Michael K. Williams)
    Glenn Morshower
    Glenn Morshower
    • Martin Cooper
    Theo Rossi
    Theo Rossi
    • Mike Mitchell
    Jaz Sinclair
    Jaz Sinclair
    • Anna Walsh
    GiGi Erneta
    GiGi Erneta
    • Dr. Grace Park
    Tom Nowicki
    Tom Nowicki
    • Peter Kaye
    Denise Gossett
    Denise Gossett
    • Carol
    Janee Michelle
    • John's Mother
    Carrie Lazar
    Carrie Lazar
    • Yoga Instructor
    Ariadne Joseph
    • Nurse
    Matthew M. Mitchell
    • Security Guard
    • (as Matt Mitchell)
    Maurice Johnson
    Maurice Johnson
    • Security Guard
    John Folse
    • Chef John Folse
    • (as Chef John Folse)
    John Boutte
    • Charity Singer
    Ted Ferguson
    Ted Ferguson
    • Judge Paulson
      • Jon Cassar
      • Jack Olsen(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Regina Hall, Romany Malco, and Morris Chestnut starred together in Think Like a Man (2012).
    • Quotes

      Mike Mitchell: Did you know that you have their only embryo?

      Anna Walsh: It's... a baby now.

      Mike Mitchell: They don't have it! In the eyes of the law, since it's inside of you, it belongs to us. We can decide to keep it for ourselves any time we want.

      Anna Walsh: But... I-I thought...

      Mike Mitchell: Don't think. I think, baby. I'm the brains on this. You're just the uterus.

    • Connections
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    User reviews59

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    7/10
    Not a bad movie, but needed something to make it seem original instead of repetitive and generic.
    "When does it become a kidnapping?" John (Chestnut) and Laura (Hall) Taylor are desperate for a baby, but are unable to conceive. After years of trying they finally have found a willing surrogate and things are falling into place. Little but little things start to change and the surrogate becomes obsessed with John and everything is threatened. This is a hard movie to review. First thing I will say is that the movie is tense and dramatic. The only downside is that this is the same type of movie that has been told over and over and over. Movies like Obsessed, No Good Deed, Perfect Man….all have the same idea and while they are all good the idea is getting old and to the point of being able to know exactly what will happen. That, for me, ruins a movie more than anything. Being able to stay one step ahead in a mystery movie ruins the enjoyment. Overall, not a bad movie, but needed something to make it seem original instead of repetitive and generic. I give this a low B-.
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    • cosmo_tiger
    • Dec 26, 2016

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      • September 9, 2016 (United States)
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