When the Bough Breaks

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Seven meets Silence of the Lamb!.......2005-10-06

I loved the movie! It was real! It was gritty! It carried me in through to the end!
Ally Walker was so credible with her intriguing personality traits, and yet destinguished research and detective work!
Beautiful!!
I could watch the movie over and over again, and still find more interesting things in the movie!
The only thing I didn't like was how it ended. Rather abrupt and somewhat inconclusive!

YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS WITH ALLY.......2005-02-04

Ally Walker reminded me of a toned down Charlize Theron in this effectively chilling thriller. Her zesty, controlled and courageous performance highlights this tale of a serial killer who has surgically removed the hands of several young children. The murders occur on the same date, and the victims progress in age over the ten year period. Walker also ties up with a young psychiatric patient who has refused to talk for ten years---she begins to see the connection, as do we the viewer. Martin Sheen has a small role as the sheriff, and Ron Perlman has a small role too near the end, but this is Walker's movie. She comes across tough, yet vulnerable. The plot has some holes: where did Walker get her scars? There is a hint of some kind of emotional trauma, her claustrophobia never being fully explained. And the ending comes rather abruptly without a full explanation of what was going on. Writer/director Michael Cohn makes the viewer put all the pieces together.
But still this is a chilling movie and Walker is perfect.

ALLY WALKER IS A GREAT PROFILER!!!.......2004-08-16

Ally Walker stars as Audrey MacLeah, a profiler from the Texas Rangers helping the Houston Police investigate severed human hands that showed up during a flash-flood. Her lead to the case is a child with psychic abilities locked up in a mental institution. The story also has a sub-plot on how the local police resent MacLeah for being a State Law Enforcer helping them solve the case.

Although the movie has some flaws, it is still a very good suspense thriller & Ally Walker's acting is terrific. The movie was released in 1993. It's a good thing that it will be released in DVD format.

Interestingly though, Ally Walker later went on to star in the TV series "Profiler" (she played a profiler/forensic psychologist working for the FBI) from 1996 to 1999.

'Silence of the Lambs', it's not.......2003-07-14

I watched "When the Bough Breaks" last night as an uncut, no commercials, cable TV movie.

Up front, to give the movie credit, it was entertaining enough. No boredom. Just nagging thoughts.

Too early in the movie, the parallels to "Silence of the Lambs" become very apparent. That started with the isolated underground captivity of the key informant/psych patient and continued all the way through the confrontation with the villain in the basement.

But even before that comes the nagging impression that police department had simply not done a competent investigation. Does it really take a profiler from the state to see all these July 16 connections?

Then comes the prosecutor's nightmare. Ali simply breaks into the house without a search warrant. With all the things she sees, there goes any hope of a conviction. And this is a trained law enforcement officer?

Does a trained law enforcement officer go into as dangerous an environment as that basement without notifying a dispatcher and asking for some backup? Of course, having backup arrive from two miles away would have ruined the climax of the film.

And so many loose ends....

--The predominace of smoking, even extending to the child patient.
--Unexplained scratch-mauling of the profiler's back.
--The disappearance of the police captain in the middle of the plot.
--The ability of a cop to so effectively hypnotize an autistic child.
--The question of the patient's Jordan/Jennifer identity and reason for the wrist markings when the identity of the other twin seems so apparent.

None of these mar the film's entertainment value. It's only afterwards that one feels diminished by a badly written screenplay.

Ally Walker movies.......2003-02-23

I just wanted to comment on the review given by the person From the Phillipines. I have done several querys to find The Profiler tv series on DVD. Will that be coming anytime soon? I would love to see it. Thanks.

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Loved this film!

When The Bough Breaks
Starring: Jane Alden , Merritt Butrick , Robert Covarrubias , Ted Danson , and Danny De La Paz
Director: Waris Hussein
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When the Bough Breaks

ASIN: B0002GLWPO
Release Date: 2004-01-01

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Loved this film!.......2006-05-28

This is a made for TV movie based on the novel of the same name written by Jonathan Kellerman. Ted Danson is great as Dr. Alex Delaware, but Richard Masur is perfect as Detective Milo Sturgis. I mean, his hair is more red than black and he's a couple inches too short, but still - so perfect.

It follows the book fairly closely and starts with the trial of a notorious pedaphile. Dr. Alex Delaware is the child psychologist assigned to help threat the traumatized victims and when the defendant (out on bail) commits suicide in his office, the whole thing is too much for Alex and he retires.

Retirement is taking it's toll, though - Alex is a mess, so his pal Detective Milo Sturgis figures getting him involved in another case will help get him out of his funk. Well, it works too damned well and he has created a Police Consultant monster as Alex goes off on his own investigating and stepping on toes and making Milo's life a little more
difficult in the bargain.

It's a nasty tale of big shot perversion and Alex digs deep enough to endanger his own life. Can Milo get to him in time to save him?

The ending is a little different than the book and I haven't decided yet which I like better.

It's a nice little film - I really like the fact that it's not condescending - it doesn't explain everything in neat little sound bytes - you might have to think a little bit on your own to figure everything out, which means you might realize something new each time you watch it. The chemistry between Alex and Milo and between Milo and his lover Rick
is just too damned cute.

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When the Bough Breaks
Starring: When the Bough Breaks
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Release Date: 2006-08-23

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Seven meets Silence of the Lamb!
YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS WITH ALLY
ALLY WALKER IS A GREAT PROFILER!!!
'Silence of the Lambs', it's not
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When the Bough Breaks [Region 2]
Starring: Ally Walker , Martin Sheen , Ron Perlman , Tara Subkoff , and Robert Knepper
Director: Michael Cohn
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Customer Reviews:

Seven meets Silence of the Lamb!.......2005-10-06

YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS WITH ALLY.......2005-02-04

ALLY WALKER IS A GREAT PROFILER!!!.......2004-08-16

'Silence of the Lambs', it's not.......2003-07-14

I watched "When the Bough Breaks" last night as an uncut, no commercials, cable TV movie.

Up front, to give the movie credit, it was entertaining enough. No boredom. Just nagging thoughts.

And so many loose ends....

None of these mar the film's entertainment value. It's only afterwards that one feels diminished by a badly written screenplay.

Ally Walker movies.......2003-02-23

Average customer rating:

Seven meets Silence of the Lamb!
YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS WITH ALLY
ALLY WALKER IS A GREAT PROFILER!!!
'Silence of the Lambs', it's not
Ally Walker movies

When the Bough Breaks [Region 2]
Starring: Ally Walker , Martin Sheen , Ron Perlman , Tara Subkoff , and Robert Knepper
Director: Michael Cohn
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ASIN: B000065C0T

Customer Reviews:

Seven meets Silence of the Lamb!.......2005-10-06

YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS WITH ALLY.......2005-02-04

ALLY WALKER IS A GREAT PROFILER!!!.......2004-08-16

'Silence of the Lambs', it's not.......2003-07-14

I watched "When the Bough Breaks" last night as an uncut, no commercials, cable TV movie.

Up front, to give the movie credit, it was entertaining enough. No boredom. Just nagging thoughts.

And so many loose ends....

None of these mar the film's entertainment value. It's only afterwards that one feels diminished by a badly written screenplay.

Ally Walker movies.......2003-02-23

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Concrete Cowboys/When the Bough Breaks

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ASIN: B000A8AY6C
Release Date: 2005-01-01

When the Bough Breaks & Death Sentence Double Feature (2005 Digital Remaster)

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When the Bough Breaks & Death Sentence Double Feature (2005 Digital Remaster)

Manufacturer: Family Value
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ASIN: B000AOBF64

Product Description

Horror and suspense! Death Sentance is a rare TV movie starring Cloris Leachman who serves on a murder jury. slowly she realizes the defendant is innocent, and it's her husband who is the killer! When the Bough Breaks is a horror movie about a child molestation ring. It stars Ted "Cheers" Dansen who looks and acts at the peak of his career.

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