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Jun 11, 2026

Maternal Instinct

Poorly received
Reactions
515
Score confidence
very high
Score trend
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Box office
Not reported yet
42
Score

The film

Police pull over a woman who claims she just gave birth. But the baby — and the blood — aren't hers. Twisted lies unravel in this true-crime documentary.

The real review

Most viewers found this true-crime documentary about a woman pulled over with a stolen baby a deeply unpleasant watch. The grim subject matter, including the real-life figure of Taylor Parker and the crime of fetal abduction, is handled with a story that many found exploitative and poorly told, dragging down its reception. The only thing that gets a sliver of praise is a character named Wade, but that’s not enough to salvage it. Overall, people are turned off and left feeling this is a story better left untold.

Most praised
Originality
Pacing
Most faulted
Story
Most divisive
Visuals

Sentiment split

31% positive
21% mixed
48% negative

By aspect

story37
pacing73
originality100
visuals57

How opinion moved

42
Jul 10
42
Jul 10

Buzz

Jun 2690 reactions over two weeksJul 9

How much people are talking about this film — reactions counted per day they were posted.

Names & topics that came up

Taylor Parkerperson63× · 0%+Jessica Dimmockperson30× · 7%+the womancharacter25× · 0%+Reagan Simmons-Hancockperson7× · 0%+Netflixperson6× · 0%+Wadecharacter5× · 60%+Taylorcharacter5× · 0%+Taylor Parkercharacter5× · 0%+the ladycharacter5× · 0%+the girlcharacter3× · 0%+Wade Griffinperson3× · 0%+fetal abductionplot_element2× · 0%+maternal instinctplot_element2× · 0%+the woman in the documentarycharacter2× · 0%+the boyfriendcharacter2× · 0%+

Where the signal came from

Social Media
515

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