A Family Thing
1996, Film, 109 min, Comedy, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 67
With family, everything is relative.
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.
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Directed by Richard Pearce
Cast
- Robert Duvall as Earl
- James Earl Jones as Ray
- Michael Beach as Virgil
- Irma P. Hall as Aunt T.
- Grace Zabriskie as Ruby
- Regina Taylor as Ann
- Mary Jackson as Carrie
- Paula Marshall as Karen
- James N. Harrell as Earl Sr.
- Lauren Leigh Phillips as Kindra
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