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When the Bough Breaks

When the Bough Breaks (1971)

May. 06,1971
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8.1
| Drama TV Movie

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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Odelecol
1971/05/06

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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Rio Hayward
1971/05/07

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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Guillelmina
1971/05/08

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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Billy Ollie
1971/05/09

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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