One evening, John thinks he hears something on the roof. She has him feel her stomach to SUPPOSEDLY feel what the baby is like at this stage.but that's clearly not the case. She makes a comment that being pregnant with his child is like he is inside of her. However, Anna starts to get too comfortable around John. She joins Laura for yoga classes and reads self-help books to take control of her life.
John and Laura do their best to make Anna feel right at home. Mike agrees to it, but the smarmy shit-eating look on his face indicates he has other plans. He presents Mike with a restraining order and other documents that would legally prevent him from being anywhere near Anna, but John says they haven't been filed yet, and they won't be if Mike manages to stay away from Anna. John meets with Mike in his holding cell. As Anna walks away with John, Mike flips out and tries to run after them, but the cops pull him away.
Anna fears that she has no place else to go, but John says she can stay with him and Laura. Anna is sitting in the car with blood on her face. John goes by Mike's house to find the police there. The Taylors receive a distressing phone call. John later takes Anna home and finds Mike there looking unhappy to see them together. After taking three home tests, Laura calls John to excitedly tell him that Anna is pregnant with their baby.Īnna goes to John's job so he can take her to a doctors appointment since Mike didn't take her. The Taylors invite Anna and her boyfriend Mike Mitchell (Theo Rossi) over for dinner one night.Īnna undergoes the procedure to be impregnated. John and Laura get to know Anna, finding her to be pleasant and charming. Laura likes what she sees from Anna, and she chooses her. They think they've found the answer to their prayers in Anna Walsh (Jaz Sinclair), a young woman who volunteers to be a surrogate for the two of them. They both want a child, but have been unsuccessful in conceiving following several miscarriages. John Taylor (Morris Chestnut) is a lawyer on the verge of landing a big case, while his wife Laura (Regina Hall) works around the country securing clients of her own. Despite the script's loose ends and poor ending, "When The Bough Breaks" is still worth a one-time watch due to superb suspense through most of the film.NOTE: This spoiler was submitted by Jeremy Amplified sound effects convey an appropriate immediacy to scenes. The film exhibits good production design and color cinematography. But maybe Walker's problem relates more to the Director's style. She comes across as jittery and abrasive, in marked contrast to Sheen who gives a convincingly realistic performance. The casting and performance of Walker is also baffling. It's like the scriptwriter knew exactly where he wanted to take the story, but then near the end got his pages all mixed up, or lost, and used pages from another script to complete this one. Unfortunately, the ending collapses into a pile of unresolved issues and an incoherent resolution that left me confused. This thriller genre film sports foreboding background sounds and music to enhance the scary visuals. During this time, Macleah interviews a young boy in a mental ward, chases a prospective child killer, and ends up in a spooky old house that contains some spooky surprises.
The plot plays out in segments corresponding to dates, beginning on July 4th and spans a period of about two weeks. Set in Houston, the story involves a hotshot young investigator named Audrey Macleah (Ally Walker) assigned to assist police Captain Swaggert (Martin Sheen) in a grisly case of severed hands. Up until near the end this film held my attention.