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 ailing mother (Blythe Danner) and her father's (Robert Forster) reluctance to let go of their life together.

MOVIE REVIEW

Where did Hilary Swank go? The two-time Oscar winner has practically disappeared from mainstream cinema for the last decade, but she’s back with What They Had, a melodramatic melodrama that boasts an impressive cast and an emotional screenplay—but isn’t as riveting as it needs to be for a downer of a story such as this.
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