With family, everything is relative. - A Family Thing
Movie Details
Title: A Family Thing
Release Date: 29 Mar 1996
Runtime: 1h 49m
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: United Artists, Butcher's Run Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Companies: United Artists, Butcher's Run Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Overview: Earl Pilcher Jr. runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother dies, leaving a letter explaining he's not her natural son, but the son of a Black woman who died in childbirth; plus, he has a half brother Ray, in Chicago, she wants him to visit. Earl makes the trip, initially receiving a cold welcome from Ray and Ray's son, Virgil. His birth mother's sister, Aunt T., an aged and blind matriarch, takes Earl in tow and insists that the family open up to him.
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Average Vote: 6.5 (63 votes)
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