When the Bough Breaks (1971)
NSPCC social worker Margaret Ashdown is given the case of investigating into the Gosse family, when the young mother, Sheila, is unable to explain her baby's fractured skull at the hospital. She discovers the family live in poverty and ignorance, and have a tradition of instability.
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Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
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All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
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The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
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Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
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