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A Family Thing

1996, Movie, PG-13, 109 mins

A Family Thing: Review

Genial Arkansas redneck Earl Pilcher (Robert Duvall) gets the shock of his life when he reads a letter left by his recently departed mother, which reveals that she wasn't his real mother, his father had a relationship with a black woman named Willa Mae, who died giving birth to Earl, and has a black half-brother he's never met, Raymond Murdock (James Earl Jones). Honoring his mother's last request, Earl drives to Chicago to meet Raymond; predictably enough, the reunion isn't ... read more leave a comment