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When the Bough Breaks

2016 · 97 min · Director: Jon Cassar ★ IMDb 5.2 · 8,895 ratings

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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 pregnancy, so too does her psychotic and dangerous fixation on the husband. The couple becomes caught up in Anna's deadly game and must fight to regain control of their future before it's too late.

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When the Bough Breaks (2016) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 35%, Tension 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Tension, Fear. Genres: Thriller, Drama. AI estimate.

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Cast

Morris Chestnut

John Taylor

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Jaz Sinclair

Anna Walsh

Glenn Morshower

Martin Cooper

Theo Rossi

Mike Mitchell

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GiGi Erneta

Dr. Grace Park

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Micheal K. Douglas

Party Worker

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Christina Bach

Clerk

JL
Justin Lebrun

Actor

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Michelle DeVito

Party Planner

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Boyana Balta

Susan

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Patrick Kearns

Waiter

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Maurice Johnson

Security Guard #2

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Shannon Murray

Secretary

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Denise Gossett

Carol

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Sue-Lynn Ansari

E.R. Nurse

Tom Nowicki

Peter Kaye

Details

Directed by
Jon Cassar
Written by
Jack Olsen
Type
Movies
Released
2016
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.2 · 8,895 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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