A Family Thing

With family, everything is relative.

6.61996ComedyDrama

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.

Release1996-03-29

Runtime109 min

StatusReleased

CountriesUnited States of America

Original languageEN

SpokenEnglish

DirectorRichard Pearce

WritersBilly Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson

ProductionUnited Artists, Butcher's Run Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Votes78

Popularity5

TMDB ID41852