A Family Thing (1996)Stream and Watch Online

Want to watch 'A Family Thing' on your TV or mobile device at home? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Richard Pearce-directed movie via subscription can be confusing, so we here at Moviefone want to do right by you.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - 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 details about the United Artists, Butcher's Run Films comedy flick.

Released March 29th, 1996, 'A Family Thing' stars Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach, Irma P. Hall The PG-13 movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 49 min, and received a user score of 63 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 57 well-known users.

Interested in knowing what the movie's about? 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 Epix, Epix Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Video, Apple iTunes, fuboTV, Vudu, EPIX Amazon Channel, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Google Play Movies, and YouTube .