An emotionally fragile young woman steals another womans baby, and Kimble (whom she believes to be the babys father) may be the only one who can help them all. With David Janssen, Diana Hyland, Lin McCarthy, Royal Dano. With Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, Romany Malco, Michael Kenneth Williams. When the Bough Breaks: Directed by Ralph Senensky.
(This edict curiously turns out to be news to the hotshot lawyer. When the Bough Breaks: Directed by Jon Cassar. The screenplay concerns a woman who begins to develop a deadly crush on the husband of the couple she is surrogate mothering for. In short order, though, the manipulative Anna moves forward with her and Mike’s pre-planned scheme, which will combine greed, extortion and a kind of in-utero “hostage” situation fueled, as we will later learn, by a surrogate mother’s legal claim to ownership of the baby she’s carrying until she gives up that right. When The Bough Breaks is a 2016 American Psychological thriller film directed by Jon Cassar and starring Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, Theo Rossi and Jaz Sinclair.It was written by Jack Olsen. Cat Out of the Bag Alert This review contains some spoilers for this film Synopsis: John and Laura Taylor (Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall) have one last chance at having a baby via a surrogate, but their choice. Starring: Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, Jaz Sinclair. Despite that and a few other early warning signs, the Taylors, especially the eager Laura, embrace Anna and the baby-making begins. Information page about When the Bough Breaks (starring Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, Romany Malco and more) on Netflix :: from. When the Bough Breaks (2016) Jan 13, 2018. John and Laura Taylor (Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall) are an upscale New Orleans couple - he’s a hotshot lawyer, she’s a hotshot chef - whose inability to conceive a child together leads them to hire the attractive, young Anna (Jaz Sinclair) as a surrogate mother.īut Anna, sweet and humble though she first seems, has a questionable boyfriend, Mike (Theo Rossi), who gives John and Laura pause.
Cross “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle” with “Fatal Attraction,” then subtract some of those films’ visceral, iconic tension and you have something akin to “When the Bough Breaks,” a serviceable domestic thriller that’s not quite the well-oiled machine that it could be.