When the Bough Breaks

She’s carrying more than just a secret.

A young, professional couple desperately want a baby. After exhausting all other options, they finally hire a 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 the surrogate’s deadly game and must fight to regain control of their future before it’s too late. Reception has been poor.

107 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language, Sex, Violence).
Detective/Mystery, Drama, Horror, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Something just doesn’t feel right ...

Credits

Cast	Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, Romany Malco, Michael Kenneth Williams, Glenn Morshower, Theo Ross, Jaz Sinclair
Director	Jon Cassar
Screenplay	Jack Olsen
Music	John Frizzell
Cinematography	David Moxness
Editing	Scott Powell
Sound formats
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2016
Produced by	Screen Gems, Unique Features

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Mild to moderate and infrequent.
Nudity	None
Sex	None (sic)
Violence	Moderate and frequent
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 14 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Die Burger Herman Lategan Surrogaatma met duistere motiewe.	10
Cape Times Sheri Linden Tepid thiller, handsomely cast.	2
Metacritic.com 9 critics	6
Rottentomatoes critics 16 critics	7
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Shallow, clichéd, and silly instead of suspenseful, When the Bough Breaks offers nothing domestic thriller fans haven&rquot;t already seen before -- and done far better.	1
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	9
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Likable characters can&rquot;t save forgettable, violent thriller.	5
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 12 users	5
Rottentomatoes users 6002 users	10
Internet 1006 Netizens Not what you expected at all	9
Average .. 32%	6