When the Bough Breaks

2016 "She's carrying more than just a secret."
5.2| 1h37m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 09 September 2016 Released
Producted By: Screen Gems
Country: United States of America
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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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Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring
BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment
Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
Platypuschow Morris Chestnut and Regina Hall star in this modern day Fatal Attraction-esque movie about a couple unable to have kids who welcome a surrogate into their home.But of course this is Hollywood so nothing goes quite to plan and before you can say damn skippy, the soon to be mom becomes enamoured with the husband.See that wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact she's a complete psychotic, but how do you combat such a person when they're carrying your child?We've seen this before, near enough this entire film to be honest but here it's done competently enough.Morris Chestnut tends to always play the same brooding character (And does here) and Regina Hall is someone I cannot take seriously anymore after her zany stint in the Scary Movie franchise! I expect her to break out into some stereotypical satirical crazy expletive filled rant and find myself almost dissapointed that she doesn't.When the Bough Breaks lacks in originality but does have its moments, sadly not enough to raise the bar above distinctly average.The Good:Morris ChestnutHas a couple of interesting momentsThe Bad:Regina HallSeen it all beforeThings I Learnt From This Movie:When a girl hits on you keep it a secret from your wife, what could possibly go wrong?Moral of the story, don't have kids.
Michael Ledo John Taylor (Morris Chestnut) is a successful corporate attorney ready to make "partner." His wife Laura (Regina Hall) is a successful whatever ready to make CEO. They can't have children and have one last frozen embryo. They hire the very nice Anna Walsh (Jaz Sinclair) to carry the child. Her abusive boyfriend Michael (Theo Rossi) is what brings her into their home, a really nice home...one she would want to live in... and live with a guy like John. From here the plot goes as expected.We have seen similar films when a young rival is brought into the home for a number of reasons. This one was okay, with the actors going through the motions, waiting for the next big gig. The film is rated PG-13 which means they cut away at all the good scenes.Guide: Brief sex. Near nudity. Not much swearing.
Hellmant 'WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS': Two and a Half Stars (Out of Five)Cheesy B-movie thriller; about a married couple, that desperately wants to have a child, who unknowingly hire an obsessive psychopath as their surrogate. It stars Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, Jaz Sinclair, Theo Rossi, Michael K. Williams and Romany Malco. The film was directed by Jon Cassar (a veteran TV director), and it was written by first time screenwriter Jack Olsen. It's received almost unanimously negative reviews from critics, but it was a hit at the Box Office. I found it to be pretty cheesy, but mildly entertaining as well.John and Laura Taylor (Chestnut and Hall) are a very wealthy married couple. They've always wanted a baby, but are unable to conceive. So they decide to hire a surrogate. Anna (Sinclair) appears to be the perfect choice; she's sweet, and she also seems very compassionate and kind. Soon the Taylors find out that they've made a horrible mistake though, by choosing Anna, when she becomes obsessively attracted to John. The movie is pretty unoriginal, and it's classically cheesy (at times it seems a lot like a Lifetime Movie of the Week)! For what it is though, it's well made and somewhat entertaining. Chestnut actually gives a pretty good performance in it, and the rest of the cast is adequate as well; with the exception of Sinclair (she's kind of laughably bad in it). The movie isn't so bad it's good though, that would be giving it too much credit, but at least it's not boring.Watch our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: https://youtu.be/B4EI2AvkLgo
subxerogravity Overall, it's not a bad flick. It's designed for people to yell out "Don't go into that room!" and it's fun if you take it in that content.Sexual chocolate, Morris Chessnut is making himself out to be the King of these types of films (Hope he's making good cash off of it as I think I saw his name on the credits as a producer). He's plays a well off business man with a loving wife who have been trying to have a baby, but when they end up going to seek out a young girl to carry the baby for them, they end up picking a wolf in sheep's clothing.I went to see this because I notice they're have been a string of them that were very decent (Mostly thinking of No Good Deed, with Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson), but this is not as good as the others. It's a very sexy film. Regina Hall and newcomer, Jaz Sinclair were very sexy. Not as sexy as Chestnut of course, who the ladies all came and spent money to see him act like a wooden log. I've seen him act but it's been a long time since he's been nothing more than a sexy supporting actor to get women to buy tickets (Not saying that's a bad thing ladies just saying).Overall, it's straight-to-video crap not worthy of the theaters.