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Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'A Family Thing' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'A Family Thing' right now, here are some specifics about the United Artists, Butcher's Run Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer drama flick.
A Family Thing starring Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach, Irma P. Hall has a PG-13 rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 49 min, and a scheduled release date of March 29th, 1996.
It received a user score of 65/100 on TMDb, which put together reviews from 65 top users.
Need a quick rundown of the movie? Here's the plot: "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."
'A Family Thing' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Google Play Movies, Tubi TV, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Hoopla, Prime Video, Pluto TV, and Apple TV .
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'A Family Thing' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on March 29th, 1996
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May 8th, 2001
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