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What They Had
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6.5A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer's-stricken mother wanders into a blizzard. The return home forces her to confront her past.
Cast
- Hilary Swank as Bridget
- Michael Shannon as Nick
- Robert Forster as Burt
- Blythe Danner as Ruth
- Taissa Farmiga as Emma
- Josh Lucas as Eddie
Themes
- alzheimer's disease
- snow
- blizzard
- woman director
- mother daughter relationship
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
4,924 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Metacritic
69/100
- Year
- 2018
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations total
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Official website

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From first-time writer/director Elizabeth Chomko, What They Had centers on a family in crisis. Bridget (Hilary Swank) returns home to Chicago at her brother’s (Michael Shannon) urging to deal with her mother’s (Blythe Danner) Alzheimer’s and her father’s (Robert Forster) reluctance to let go of their life together.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Elizabeth Chomko
- Screenwriter
- Elizabeth Chomko
- Cast member
- Aimee Garcia
- Producer
- Ron Yerxa
- Cinematographer
- Roberto Schaefer
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 218918
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- bleeckerstreetmedia.com/whattheyhad
Show 5 more facts
- title
- What They Had
- publication date
- 2019-03-01
- distributed by
- Bleecker Street
- film editor
- Tom McArdle
- review score
- 7.1/10
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