A Family Thing (1996)

70

IMDb

7.1

/4178/

Trakt

72

/72/

TMDb

63

/57/

Letterboxd

3.4

/833/

Tomatoes

73

/22/

Audience

72

/2606/

Metacritic

71

/17/

RogerEbert

3.0

TMDB via JustWatch

Runtime: 109 min.

Status: Released

Certification: PG-13

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.

Genres: Comedy, Drama

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Production companies: United Artists, Butcher's Run Films