On the other hand, it should be noted that “When the Bough Breaks” isn’t entirely bereft of surprises. How generic? Consider: A pet cat is pointedly acknowledged so many times in the first and second acts that only the most clueless viewers will be stunned when it’s revealed that, sometimes, nine lives are not enough. (Or at least as much heat as two semi-nude people can generate during a lovemaking scene in a PG-13 movie.)Ĭassar is slightly more successful when it comes to building suspense during the mandatory scenes of violence and danger, despite his reliance on shocks, setups and payoffs best described as generic. But despite Sinclair’s impressively smooth transition from girlish innocent to alluring sexpot, her character’s attempts at seduction fail to generate much dramatic tension, since there’s never any real doubt about John’s loyalty to Laura - primarily because Chestnut and Hall generate so much heat together. Looking for a movie the entire family can enjoy 21. Working from a script by Jack Olsen, director Jon Cassar (“Forsaken”) dutifully endeavors to charge “When the Bough Breaks” with alternating currents of apprehension and eroticism. Anna walks into his office door and tries to seduce him but his boss enters and John prompts Anna to leave. And as her pregnancy progresses, she grows ever obsessed with forming closer ties with the inconveniently married father of the baby she is carrying. Trouble is, Anna isn’t quite as virtuous, or as harmless, as she seems. When Mike appears to dial it up from creepy to abusive, the Taylors invite Anna to move into the guest house of their lush Garden District home.
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