Synopsis
A surrogate mother harbors a deadly secret desire for a family of her own with the husband who is expecting to raise her child.
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Cast
- Morris ChestnutJohn Taylor
- Regina HallLaura Taylor
- Jaz SinclairAnna Walsh
- Romany MalcoTodd Decker
- Michael Kenneth WilliamsRoland White
- Glenn MorshowerMartin Cooper
- Theo RossiMike Mitchell
- GiGi ErnetaDr. Grace Park
- Micheal K. DouglasParty Worker
- Christina BachClerk
Recommendations
- 58
The A.V. Club
When The Bough Breaks resembles nothing more than a cheap fast-food burger served on fine china: Tasty, sure, and quite enjoyable in the moment. But once the credits roll and the primal centers of the brain stimulated by guilty pleasures like this one return to normal, all you’ll remember is that it looked prettier than usual. - 40
TheWrap
When the Bough Breaks is a very conservative film that ducks any issues that might be dramatically interesting in order to work up lame suspense sequences. - 40
Variety
The presence of a predominantly African-American cast arguably is the only distinguishing characteristic of this by-the-numbers thriller. - 40
Los Angeles Times
Under the workmanlike direction of Jon Cassar (“Forsaken”), “Bough” breaks little new or inspired ground as it spins out its mildly effective, occasionally silly cautionary tale. - 38
Movie Nation
From its New Orleans mansion and penthouse office suites, to its Mercedes and parties packed with haute couture glamour, it presents a vision of aspiration and achievement that Hollywood generally ignores. - 25
RogerEbert.com
While empathy is first to go in the tasteless When the Bough Breaks, there is nothing good in its place. - 20
The New York Times
There’s not an ounce of suspense in any of this, because you’ve seen it all before, and the director, Jon Cassar, seems uninterested in veering from the well-established formula. - 20
The Hollywood Reporter
A lazily written and generically directed Fatal Attraction knockoff.
