_What They Had_, the debut film from writer/director Elizabeth Chomko, draws on her personal experiences with Alzheimer’s to portray a family navigating its complexities. The film echoes earlier works like Richard Eyre's _Iris_, Sarah Polley's _Away From Her_, and Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzner's _Still Alice_, aiming to find humor alongside the sadness and focus on familial unity rather than division. While …