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.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jan 27, 2024

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

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 21, 2022

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

| Nov 23, 2021

Writer/director Elizabeth Chomko's first film is remarkably assured and beautifully performed, richly human, and deeply moving.

| Nov 23, 2021

All of the leads are excellent, playing to their strengths. Chomko gives them all opportunities to shine, and they deliver...

| Nov 23, 2021

The superb performances from the stellar ensemble bring a balance of heartbreak and humor to this painful and entirely relatable situation.

| Nov 23, 2021

A story of Alzheimer's and dysfunction that never dips into the easy sentimentality of many other family dramas.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 1, 2021

What They Had will be the perfect movie to take your reunited family to over Thanksgiving-it's thorny but likable, relatable enough to provoke positive discussion regardless of individual political or other baggage.

| Oct 22, 2020

Through a combination of drama and comedy we experience how a relationship of many years is completely erased by Alzheimers [Full Review in Spanish]

| Sep 19, 2020

What They Had is well-made. It simply doesn't stand out from the pack.

| Jul 24, 2020

It's a film with good intentions but that fails to take advantage of the acting strength of its cast. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 17, 2020

Terrific performances and an authentic portrait of a heartbreaking illness mark the touching drama What They Had.

| Mar 23, 2020

This middling snoozefest demonstrates that good performances, a plausible story line, and relatable emotional content are not enough to make a movie interesting.

| Feb 29, 2020

This drama's beats will feel familiar to most middle-agers who face such decisions with their elderly parents. The one thing Chomko gets so right is how hard it is to acknowledge that maybe your adult kids do have your best interests at heart.

| Jan 24, 2020

A good script is enhanced by a good cast.

| Aug 21, 2019

What They Had displays beauty by caring for each character and not being frightened by its narrative core. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jul 1, 2019

Elizabeth Chomko's film tackles family conflicts with nobility and sobriety. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 1, 2019

The fine line that separates tragedy from comedy is skilfully drawn. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jun 27, 2019

Here, the combination of Chomko's pitch perfect dialogue and perhaps Hilary Swank's best performance of her career creates one of the most personal, moving films of 2018.

| May 29, 2019

What They Had fully supports its narrative weight in the performances. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 20, 2019