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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.
Critic 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.
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An affecting drama propped up by unexpected and humanizing moments of comedy.
There's an inherent longing in Elizabeth Chomko's stunning feature debut, What They Had.
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.
You may feel as if you've seen this movie before: Ruth has Alzheimer's, her husband Burt is in denial and their grown children Nick and Bridget are at odds. But please, trust me, you haven't...
What sets the film apart is the literate and insightful script by Elizabeth Chomko, who also directs, and a cast of stellar performers.
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.
Swank, Forster and Shannon, all turn in strong performances in a lost cause. The problems with this movie lie primarily with the screenplay. The story isn't believable and it tries to deal with too many issues at once.
[Chomko] lets her characters endure the painful reality that is recognizing the present-day fate necessary to [find] a future wherein they find the love Burt and Ruth shared.
A wonderfully human portrait of a family facing a crisis that brings them all to a deeper, richer, and more rewarding life together in love.
Forster, who we first saw on-screen in Chicago 50 years ago in "Medium Cool," may have delivered a career best here.
The entire ensemble, which includes two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank and double nominee Michael Shannon, often soars in this heartbreaking drama from actress-turned writer/director Elizabeth Chomko.
Elizabeth Chomko and her stellar cast have created a particularly tender film about a terrible disease.
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