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Here are some useful notes to know before watching 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. The release date of the movie is March 29th, 1996. The movie received a user score of 65/100 on TMDb, which was generated using reviews from 76 engaged users.
Let’s set the scene for you... 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."
