When the Bough Breaks

Screen Gems | Release Date: September 9, 2016

2.6	USER SCORE Generally unfavorable reviews based on 19 Ratings

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EpicLadySpongeSep 9, 2016

Garbage in a nutshell. They take two classical clichés and mix them into total trash that doesn't belong in any theater that is playing this movie. When you blend in elements to make 'When the Bough Breaks', you won't get happy results whatsoever.

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bfoore90Sep 9, 2016

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 isI 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 every cliche from "Fatal Attraction" to the equally bad "Obsessed" in it as well.… Expand

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joeyriosSep 10, 2016

this was plain excrutiating. 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.

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skeptic303Oct 4, 2016

One year ago, a movie called The Perfect Guy was released. It was enormously cliché and definitely flawed, but it had potential which at the very least made it watchable.
Enter When the Bough Breaks, the by-product of a thermonuclear warheadOne year ago, a movie called The Perfect Guy was released. It was enormously cliché and definitely flawed, but it had potential which at the very least made it watchable.
Enter When the Bough Breaks, the by-product of a thermonuclear warhead strike on The Perfect Guy. Anything good about The Perfect Guy is now missing from this film. Also keep in mind that this film was released two weeks after Don't Breathe...which was made by the exact same studio.
Like Nine Lives, this film is insanely bad. The characters are terrible, the plot is wholly uneventful, and no character emerges as good when everything comes down. For the sake of making a longer movie, the studio probably wanted the movie to operate off of convoluted plot points.
Don't bother watching this film. It has nothing to say and nothing interesting to show. It is all a broken promise that was probably caused by that thermonuclear warhead. From the microscopic pieces, the studio not only poorly Frankenstein-ed it back together, but it forgot about all the problems that The Perfect Guy had.… Expand

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