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Name: What They Had
Released: 2018-10-19
Cast: Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Robert Forster, Taissa Farmiga, Josh Lucas

What They Had

R
1h 41m
2018

87%

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From first-time writer and director Elizabeth Chomko, this "captivating family drama" that will make "you laugh as much as you cry" (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone) centers on a family in crisis. Bridget (two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank) returns home to Chicago at her brother's (two-time Oscar nominee Michael Shannon) urging to deal with her ailing mother (two-time Emmy Award winner Blythe Danner) and her father's (Oscar nominee Robert Forster) reluctance to let go of their life together.

Director:

Elizabeth Chomko

Producer:

Keith Kjarval, Bill Holderman, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, Alex Saks, Sefton Fincham, Tyler Jackson

Writer:

Elizabeth Chomko

Cast:

Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Robert Forster, Taissa Farmiga, Josh Lucas, Blythe Danner

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

87%

Critics Consensus: What They Had finds laughter and tears in its portrait of a family at a crossroads, with writer-director Elizabeth Chomko getting outstanding performances out of a talented cast.

Reviews

Puesta en Escena (AR)

Denise Pieniazek

What They Had is a deep but bearable drama, in which cinema once again shows us that the main thing in it is a good story. In addition, it has very successful small touches of humor, even in the ending with a metaphor of a turkey.

Chomko pulls from her personal experience of having a grandmother diagnosed with dementia and being part of the family struggling to deal with it.

What They Had draws a moving and remarkably accurate picture of the challenges grown children face when a parent has Alzheimers.

November 23, 2021

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