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But at the last minute, I said okay I was pleasantly surprised. I actually enjoyed the movie. It was great to see a decent movie with an all black cast, without a lot of profanity and no gang bangers and other stereotypes. I was I was hesitant to see the movie. I would definitely recommend this movie to others. I always like Morris Chestnut. He is a pretty good actor.
LeZee Dec 24, It's like a falling tree dropping a seed on the ground. I have to agree with the film critics on this one. Felt like I have already seen this film, but it turned out to be a very familiar thriller theme. It had plenty of issues and the first thing was the main plot in which the story built It's like a falling tree dropping a seed on the ground. It had plenty of issues and the first thing was the main plot in which the story built on.
The mother-child connection is a very sensitive matter and that's where the film got stumbled. Even though they wanted to do film on that, they did not convince with the portrayed of the surrogate mother. From the entertainment perspective, it lacked the thriller big. The climax was all the sudden and then it ended just like that.
At first I thought it might be a remake, but it was inspired or borrowed the theme from elsewhere. This psychological-thriller focused on to tell the tale of a wealthy childless couple.
They decide to hire a young and beautiful Anna to be their surrogate mother. When everything was going very well, Anna's crush on the man she's carrying a baby begin to blow the things off. So now what happens to the couple, Anna and the baby revealed in the final segment. Thankfully, this is not the worst film of the year. I have even worse than this. But this can be easily a skippable one. There's no complaint over the actors, they had given what the characters demanded. Rich in quality, not a bad film from the technical aspect. Those are the area where it got scored a few points from me.
If the screenplay had developed well, the film would have been in a different league. Particularly, I did not like the lack of diversity, looked like a black film for the black viewers. There are lots of similar films which are much better than this one that you could try. Compi24 Sep 20, They say movies are only as good their villains, and when you have, not only one, but two villains that are as incompetently written and inconsistently performed as this film's.
John Cassar's domestic They say movies are only as good their villains, and when you have, not only one, but two villains that are as incompetently written and inconsistently performed as this film's. John Cassar's domestic thriller skimps on the intrigue and suspense, ultimately fulfilling an unintentional result promised by the film's lullaby-inspired title.
Yes, folks, just like "Rock-a-bye, Baby," "When The Bough Breaks" will almost assuredly lull you into a deep, dark slumber, even with the most earnest efforts of both Morris Chestnut and Regina Hall bolstering its fallacy-ridden narrative. EpicLadySponge Sep 9, Garbage in a nutshell. When you blend in elements to make 'When the Bough Breaks', you won't get happy results whatsoever. I like Morris Chestnut, I've always thought he was a better actor than the movies he stars in. When the Bough Breaks is no exception to that statement.
The acting from the two leads is fine but everything else is not. The movie's plot is garbage that tries hard not to be garbage and carries I like Morris Chestnut, I've always thought he was a better actor than the movies he stars in. The movie's plot is garbage that tries hard not to be garbage and carries every cliche from "Fatal Attraction" to the equally bad "Obsessed" in it as well. Can someone at least tell me what the hell's going on in Hollywood lately? This was the dullest experience I have had in the movies so far this year.
Now Anna goes into labor.
When the Bough Breaks is a American psychological thriller film directed by Jon Cassar and written by Jack Olsen. The film stars Morris Chestnut, Regina. 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.
While in the hospital they discover that Anna has fled to the family lake-house with the baby. John manages to get the baby but Anna wakes up and a fight breaks out between the two of them.
John throws her onto a cabinet which knocks her unconscious. John goes outside and Laura places the baby in the car. When Laura turns on the lights she sees Anna standing in front with a shotgun. Anna shoots at the car and misses but hits the window. Laura runs over Anna with her car, killing her. The morning after, Laura, the baby and John are sitting inside the lake house.
Now Anna goes into labor. View All Critic Reviews Disturbing film about an insane surrogate isn't bad but isn't great either This movie was different, but it wasn't a film I would rave about because I wanted a little bit more of a plot. Jaz Sinclair as Anna Walsh. Post Share on Facebook. LeZee Dec 24, Would you like to watch two hours of vacant stares?
They hear the police arrive and John turns to Laura and says "It's going to be okay. Production was first set to begin in late January in New Orleans , Louisiana.
Charles Avenue in early March, and was scheduled to end in mid-March On March 30, , Screen Gems announced that the film was slated to be released on September 16, When the Bough Breaks was heavily panned by critics. Many critics compared When the Bough Breaks to made-for-television films typically produced by Lifetime. In a review for Rogerebert. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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