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When The Tough Break Movie Analysis

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Movie Review- When the Bough Breaks “When the Bough Breaks” isn’t based on a true story. This film was rated PG-13, released in September, 2016 and was directed by Jon Cassar and written by Jack Olsen. It is an American mystery/drama film and the main cast members are Morris Chestnut as John Taylor, Regina Hall as Laura Taylor, Jaz Sinclair as Anna Walsh, Theo Rossi as Mike, Romany Malco as Todd Decker and Michael K. Williams as Roland White. The movie was produced by the following persons Morris Chestnut, Brian Dukes, Glenn S. Gainor, Michael Lynne, Dylan Sellers, Valerie Bleth Sharp and, Robert Shaye. The movie was filmed in New Orleans, Louisiana. Summary of movie John Taylor is a high-powered attorney and his wife Laura Taylor is a high-end …show more content…

In understanding this theory, we examined the movie and saw how Anna infiltrates the Taylors. She first gets to Laura, when she presented herself as a smiling young woman who loves the idea of having something that someone else wants. John and Laura get to know Anna, finding her to be pleasant and charming until they eventually invited, Anna and her boyfriend over for dinner. According to the Social Penetration Theory, the human relationships are sustained only when they are rewarding and are disconnected when they provide more dissatisfaction to the person than rewards (Cragan, J. F., & Shields, 1998). During there get together they develop self-disclosing communication, and started to share more aspects regarding themselves with each other, providing breadth, depth via exchange of existing information, feelings, personal feelings and activities. The result of this exchanged Anna was chosen as their surrogate mother. This penetration theory was also demonstrated when Anna was domestically abused by Mike she contacted the Taylors, who invited her into their home when it was revealed that she had no other place to go. This triggered John, who meets with Mike in his holding cell, where he presents Mike with a restraining order and …show more content…

Anna was not a passive person, but constructed her own social world around John. She makes a comment that being pregnant with his child is like he is inside of her. Anna sends John videos at work in which she takes her shirt off to reveal "baby" painted on her stomach. . In the process of interacting, people interpret the actions of others and based on these interpretations, continually make adjustments to their behavior. Anna continues making adjustments by trying to seduce John, he tries to placate her (especially since she's eyeing a pair of scissors on the table) by being kind and understanding. Anna tells John she loves him, but he only replies, "I know," thus the interpretations based on their social interaction and the meanings derived from them builds her social

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