A Baby at Any Cost

A Baby at Any Cost

PG-13 2022 · 85 min · ★ 6.5 · TV Movie, Thriller, Crime, Drama

When a surrogate grows too fond of the baby she carried for a young couple, they try to disengage from her. But the surrogate starts poisoning the mother (with no danger to the child) in a scam that will keep the surrogate around, and then, when mom is gone, the surrogate will get the child, the husband and the suburban life she so earnestly covets.

Directed by Tamar Halpern · Written by Meredith Stack

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