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A Family Thing

A Family Thing

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 29, 1996

Runtime

1h 49m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

User Score

65%

Original Title

A Family Thing

Production Companies

United Artists, Butcher's Run Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Director

Richard Pearce

Revenue

$10,125,417

Description

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.