What They Had...Amazon Prime

[Highway61]

Movie was well done. Story line is basically the painful end to a beautiful marriage due to Alzheimer's Disease. Excellent performance by Robert Forster (Father) who is caring for his wife (Blythe Danner). Brother Nick (Michael Shannon) and sister Bridget (Hilary Swank) unite to deal with this family crisis. Each sibling carries their own deep issues of love and commitment and when they gather during the holidays, they experience first hand the cracks of memory loss and the pain it ushers in along with it. A very well done story that will suck you in and have you in tears as the reality from this dreadful disease surfaces. It depicts the raw emotions, front and center, what certainly can happen to any of us.

[TexasBushwhacker]

1. Here's an interview with Swank and Danner you might enjoy

https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-2018/blythe-danner-hilary-swank-interview.html

Both have experience as caregivers, so it brought a little something extra to their performances.

[hibbing]

2. That hits a bit too close to home for me

I do like Michael Shannon. I'm dealing with this in my own family. Maybe there is something comforting in it as awful as the disease is?

Peace

[Highway61]

3. I am so sorry

That you are going through that. Remember, it's all about the love. Always will be...in the beginning, in the end and everything in between. May you find peace in that.