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What They Had
Directed by
Elizabeth Chomko
R
2018
1h 41m
Drama
6.7
87%
82%
6.5
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Bridget returns home at her brother's urging to deal with her ailing mother and her father's reluctance to let go of their life together.
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Cast of What They Had
Hilary Swank
Bridget / Executive Producer
Michael Shannon
Nick / Executive Producer
Robert Forster
Burt
Blythe Danner
Ruth
Taissa Farmiga
Emma
Josh Lucas
Eddie
Sarah Sutherland
Mary
Marilyn Dodds Frank
Marion
Aimee Garcia
Dr. Zoe
William Smillie
Gerry
Isabeau Dornevil
R.A.
Jennifer Robideau
Rachel
Jay Montepare
David
Ann Whitney
Neighbor Lady
Iah Bearden-Vrai
Funeral Friend (uncredited)
Clarence E. Davis
Mourner (uncredited)
Eric Ian
Taylor (uncredited)
Ryan W. Garcia
Young Burt (uncredited)
Matthias Kocur
Parishioner / Church Choir (uncredited)
Annie McKinnie
Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
What They Had Ratings & Reviews
AWFJ.org
Nell Minow
Writer/director Elizabeth Chomko's first film is remarkably assured and beautifully performed, richly human, and deeply moving.
Spirituality & Health
Bilge Ebiri
Terrific performances and an authentic portrait of a heartbreaking illness mark the touching drama What They Had.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
This middling snoozefest demonstrates that good performances, a plausible story line, and relatable emotional content are not enough to make a movie interesting.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
An affecting drama propped up by unexpected and humanizing moments of comedy.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Too many characters, who all have problems that need solving, stretch the limits of the story and push it beyond its comfort zone. Nevertheless, when the family dynamics are going strong, What They Had is an ensemble piece that hits the bull's-eye.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie manages to avoid nearly every "family dealing with illness" cliché one could ever imagine.
RogerEbert.com
Monica Castillo
There's an inherent longing in Elizabeth Chomko's stunning feature debut, What They Had.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
Blythe Danner does a remarkable job of conveying Ruth's irreversible path into total memory loss without turning her into a movie-of-the-week cliché.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
One of the year's best indie dramas, one that should hit home with a wide range of viewers sure to relate to the achingly authentic family dynamics on display.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
The quality of the actors and emotional potency of the subject keep "What They Had" from being a completely wasted effort. But the script makes it a close call.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
"What They Had" is mostly talk... and loud, aggrieved talk that approximates the experiences of many families in this situation while rarely convincing us of what this family is experiencing.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
It's an actors' feast, and a genuine calling card for Chomko, primarily an actress (a strong one) before "What They Had," but now very much a writer-director coming into her own.
Washington Post
Mark Jenkins
What works best here comes between the movie's heavy opening and its lightweight conclusion.
Arizona Republic
Barbara VanDenburgh
"What They Had"... achieves a delicate balance of tone, finding the humor in the irrepressibly sad, the love in daily toil, the soul in a disease that seeks to obliterate it.
Slant Magazine
Wes Greene
What They Had gracefully coasts on its patient observations of one family's dynamics, but once the third act hits, Elizabeth Chomko goes about neatly tidying up seemingly every loose end.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Yet the cast is exceptional, the performances are extraordinary, the writing and direction are heartfelt, and the film is, consequently, stirring, frequently funny and consistently affecting.
NPR
Ella Taylor
Chomko refreshes the formula with vividly grounded writing that never forces her actors to summarize where they've been, emotionally speaking, or where they're going.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
This captivating family drama is anchored by actors-Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Blythe Danner, Robert Forster-who truly are as good as it gets. You laugh as much as you cry, which means you believe in the movie's truth.
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Robert Daniels
What they Had is a pure actor driven film, equal parts stirring, heart breaking, and hilarious.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Though occasional bursts of spikiness suggest that Chomko has a more unexpected story to tell, the narrative beats of this one - even without its eye-rolling final shot - are audible well in advance of the end credits.
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