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When the severed hands of young girls with numbers tattooed on them are found in the sewers of Houston, Texas, profiler Audrey Macleah (Creator/AllyWalker) is brought in to help investigate. On a tip from a psychiatrist, she goes to interview Jordan Thomas (Creator/TaraSubkoff), a teenage orphan who has been institutionalized for the last decade. He has never spoken a word, and every year on July 16, his birthday, he has a seizure, his wrists bleed, and he carves hands with numbers on them into the wall. Macleah believes that if she can get through to Jordan, she can learn the identity of the killer.
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On a tip from a psychiatrist, she goes to interview Jordan Thomas (Creator/TaraSubkoff), a teenage orphan who has been institutionalized for the last decade. He has never spoken a word, and every year on July 16, his birthday, he has a seizure, his wrists bleed, and he carves hands with numbers on them into the
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* ClueOfFewWords: Jordan borrowed Macleah's lipstick to write "Two Rivers" on the wall of his RoomFullOfCrazy. [[spoiler:Two Rivers turns out to be the killer's hometown]].
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When the severed hands of young girls with numbers tattooed on them are found in the sewers of Houston, Texas, profiler Audrey Macleah (Creator/AllyWalker) is brought in to help investigate. On a tip from a psychiatrist, she goes to interview Jordan Thomas (Tara Subkoff), a teenage orphan who has been institutionalized for the last decade. He has never spoken a word, and every year on July 16, his birthday, he has a seizure, his wrists bleed, and he carves hands with numbers on them into the wall. Macleah believes that if she can get through to Jordan, she can learn the identity of the killer.
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When the severed hands of young girls with numbers tattooed on them are found in the sewers of Houston, Texas, profiler Audrey Macleah (Creator/AllyWalker) is brought in to help investigate. On a tip from a psychiatrist, she goes to interview Jordan Thomas (Tara Subkoff), (Creator/TaraSubkoff), a teenage orphan who has been institutionalized for the last decade. He has never spoken a word, and every year on July 16, his birthday, he has a seizure, his wrists bleed, and he carves hands with numbers on them into the wall. Macleah believes that if she can get through to Jordan, she can learn the identity of the killer.
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* ManOnFire: [[spoiler:After some flammable chemicals spill on the killer, Macleah sets him on fire with her lighter. While he blunders around screaming, Macleah leaves the room and ties the door shut, giving the two girls time to escape before the killer kicks the door open.]]
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* ManOnFire: [[spoiler:After some flammable chemicals spill on the killer, Macleah sets him on fire with her lighter. While he blunders around screaming, Macleah leaves the room and ties the door shut, giving the two girls time to escape before the killer kicks his way through the door open.door.]]
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* ManOnFire: [[spoiler:After some flammable chemicals spill on the killer, Macleah sets him on fire with her lighter. While he blunders around screaming, Macleah leaves the room and ties the door shut, giving the two girls time to escape before the killer kicks the door open.]]
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* AloneWithThePsycho: Macleah breaks into the killer's house, and is still there when he arrives home. [[spoiler:The two teenage girls he's imprisoned are also there, but they're in no condition to defend her.]]
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* LensFlare: Shown while Macleah is unboarding the kidnapper's windows.
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* DayHurtsDarkAdjustedEyes: When Macleah starts unboarding the windows of the killer's cellar, [[spoiler:Jenny, who has lived there since she was an infant,]] covers her eyes.
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* SpecialThanks: "The producers gratefully acknowledge the following," followed by a list of people and organizations.
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* BridalCarry: The killer carries [[spoiler:Jenny]] to a bed this way, where he prepares to rape her. Macleah carries her to a window the same way.
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* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: A heroic example. When Macleah is cornered by the killer, she grabs a belt and hits him with it.
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* FreezeFrameEnding: Of Jordan's face as he [[spoiler:reunites with his long-lost twin Jenny]].
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* SingleTear: Jordan sheds one when he is finally [[spoiler:released from his cell and reunited with Jenny. She wipes it away]].
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* SoftGlass: Macleah breaks into the killer's house by punching out the glass in a window with her bare hand.
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* AbandonedArea: Macleah goes into the hospital where Jordan was born, which has been closed for the last decades, to read his records.
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* AbandonedArea: Macleah goes into the hospital where Jordan was born, which has been closed for the last decades, to read his records.
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* CouldntFindAPen: Jordan borrows Macleah's lipstick to write "Two Rivers" on the wall. [[spoiler:Two Rivers is the town where the killer lives.]]
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* RoomFullOfCrazy: After Macleah gives Jordan some crayons and a drawing pad, he fills in all the hands carved on the wall, writes "Yes" over and over again, and makes drawings of things like a piano and stairs leading up to a cellar door. [[spoiler:Those turn out to be objects in the house where Jenny and the latest kidnap victim are held.]]
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* TheSpeechless: Jordan can make vocal noises like humming and screaming, and is capable of writing in crayon, but virtually never speaks.
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* TitleIn: The movie starts with "Houston, Texas." After that, several scenes have a caption showing the date, from July 4 into the middle of the month.
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* CryIntoChest: Jordan cries into Macleah's chest after one of his seizures.
* EvilDetectingDog: One girl is abducted while walking her dog. The dog barks as the kidnapper approaches, but the girl is listening to her Walkman and doesn't hear him until it's too late.
* EvilDetectingDog: One girl is abducted while walking her dog. The dog barks as the kidnapper approaches, but the girl is listening to her Walkman and doesn't hear him until it's too late.
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* QuietCryForHelp: Jordan whispers "Help me, help me," the only words he utters in the movie.
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* TitleDrop: Jordan writes the "Rockabye Baby" poem on his wall in crayon.
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* VehicularKidnapping: The kidnapper's latest victim is lured into an ice cream truck with a sign telling her to help herself and leave the money in the jar. As she looks at the selection, the kidnapper comes up behind her and grabs her. He drives off in the ice cream truck, leaving the dog by the side of the road.
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''When the Bough Breaks'' is an American thriller film written and directed by Michael Cohn.
When the severed hands of young girls with numbers tattooed on them are found in the sewers of Houston, Texas, profiler Audrey Macleah (Creator/AllyWalker) is brought in to help investigate. On a tip from a psychiatrist, she goes to interview Jordan Thomas (Tara Subkoff), a teenage orphan who has been institutionalized for the last decade. He has never spoken a word, and every year on July 16, his birthday, he has a seizure, his wrists bleed, and he carves hands with numbers on them into the wall. Macleah believes that if she can get through to Jordan, she can learn the identity of the killer.
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!!''When the Bough Breaks'' contains examples of:
* CopycatMockery: Jordan mimics Macleah's movements, using a crayon as her cigarette and mouthing along with everything she says, to her irritation.
* FlippingTheBird: When Jordan becomes annoyed at Macleah, he lifts up his doll's hand and bends down all the fingers except the middle one.
* SecurityBlanket: Jordan keeps a baby doll with "Jenny" written on her forehead in his cell. He becomes violently upset if anyone else touches her. [[spoiler:The doll is a substitute for his lost sister.]]
* ToplessnessFromTheBack: When Macleah undresses for bed, the camera stays focused on her back, where scars are visible.
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When the severed hands of young girls with numbers tattooed on them are found in the sewers of Houston, Texas, profiler Audrey Macleah (Creator/AllyWalker) is brought in to help investigate. On a tip from a psychiatrist, she goes to interview Jordan Thomas (Tara Subkoff), a teenage orphan who has been institutionalized for the last decade. He has never spoken a word, and every year on July 16, his birthday, he has a seizure, his wrists bleed, and he carves hands with numbers on them into the wall. Macleah believes that if she can get through to Jordan, she can learn the identity of the killer.
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!!''When the Bough Breaks'' contains examples of:
* CopycatMockery: Jordan mimics Macleah's movements, using a crayon as her cigarette and mouthing along with everything she says, to her irritation.
* FlippingTheBird: When Jordan becomes annoyed at Macleah, he lifts up his doll's hand and bends down all the fingers except the middle one.
* SecurityBlanket: Jordan keeps a baby doll with "Jenny" written on her forehead in his cell. He becomes violently upset if anyone else touches her. [[spoiler:The doll is a substitute for his lost sister.]]
* ToplessnessFromTheBack: When Macleah undresses for bed, the camera stays focused on her back, where scars are visible.
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