When the Bough Breaks (2016)

A surrogate mom for a couple becomes dangerously obsessed with the soon-to-be father.

Director:

Jon Cassar

Writers:

Jack Olsen (screenplay), Jack Olsen

Stars:

Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, Romany Malco

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Morris Chestnut	...	John Taylor
Regina Hall	...	Laura Taylor
Romany Malco	...	Todd Decker
Michael Kenneth Williams	...	Roland White (as Michael K. Williams)
Glenn Morshower	...	Martin Cooper
Theo Rossi	...	Mike Mitchell
Jaz Sinclair	...	Anna Walsh
GiGi Erneta	...	Dr. Grace Park
Tom Nowicki	...	Peter Kaye
Denise Gossett	...	Carol
Janee Michelle	...	John's Mother
Carrie Lazar	...	Yoga Instructor
Ariadne Joseph	...	Nurse
Matthew M. Mitchell	...	Security Guard (as Matt Mitchell)
Maurice Johnson	...	Security Guard

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

sex scene | surrogate mother | title based on nursery rhyme | woman in a bathtub | woman murders a man | 

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Taglines:

It all went wrong

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, sexuality/partial nudity, thematic elements, some disturbing images, and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Michael Kenneth Williams played a character named "Chalky White" in Boardwalk Empire (2010).

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Quotes

Laura Taylor: [Laura rushes into the OB/GYN's office, visibly upset at having missed the appointment to find out the baby's gender] I had it in my schedule as 2:00.
John Taylor: Maybe you just entered it wrong.
Laura Taylor: No, I didn't enter it wrong! I... Damn it, I-I know I didn't! Someone changed it in my phone! I know that I put it in right! I booked my flights around it, I know that I did! Damn it!
John Taylor: Stop, please.
Laura Taylor: [Laura and John talk privately in the hallway] This is the only time I'm ever going to be able to do this.
John Taylor: It's alright. ...
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Connections

Referenced in Video Buck: Las traducciones más mierdosas vol. 7: Mortal, Letal, Fatal y Extremo (2019)

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Soundtracks

Real Love
Written by Jasmine Ash and Dave Gulick
Performed by Sunsun
Courtesy of Platform Music Group

User Reviews

A Good Movie

This movie is, I believe, a remake of "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" from 1992. At least, a similar set of elements comes up in both movies, this time with a black cast rather than white. One way or another, it was a good movie, full of suspenseful points, and the acting was good. I liked it.

John and Laura Taylor cannot conceive a child, despite having made all efforts, and have resorted to hiring a surrogate mother, who is sweet (and seriously cute) and generally easy to like and love, a girl named Anna Walsh. But Anna isn't all she seems to be, living an unstable life and hiding her own deep and dark secrets as she develops inappropriate feelings for John, and her obsession with him turns dangerous and violent. What happens next? Buy a ticket and see the movie. LOL

PH

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 September 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

When the Bough Breaks

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$14,202,323, 11 September 2016

Gross USA:

$29,747,603

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$30,658,387

Company Credits

Production Co:

Screen Gems, Unique Features

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1