A Family Thing

Genre: Drama

Worldwide gross$10.1M

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.

🏆 3 wins & 2 nominations total

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Director

Richard Pearce

Cast

Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach

Released

29 March 1996

Runtime

1h 49m

Certificate

PG-13

IMDb rating

7.1 / 10

Votes

4,580

Metascore

71

Rotten Tomatoes

73%

Box office

$10,125,417

Edition

Base