A Family Thing
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Movie Reviews of A Family Thing
Movie Review: A Family Thing
Summary: 5 Stars
An absolutely super movie - two of the times' great actors, Duvall and James Earl Jones are superb - touching, yet really funny. a "must see."
DL - Sarasota, FL
Movie Review: lotta laughs and some tears-3 cheers for another way to look at American families
Summary: 5 Stars
My family has seen this movie several times and we enjoy it each and every time. The actors are perfect for their roles, I will never forget Aunt T.
Movie Review: flomol
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought this was a great movie.It was funny,some dark parts with rascism that where sad but true.But but loved the ending,felt good after watching.AA++Movie Review: A Family Thing
Summary: 5 Stars
We are very pleased with this DVD. The quality is excellent and we are happy to add it to our collection.Movie Review: Intriguing theme and two fine actors, but a bit predictable.
Summary: 4 Stars
This 1996 film has two of my favorite actors: Robert Duvall and James Earl Jones. And Billy Bob Thornton was one of the screenwriters. It also has an intriguing theme.
Robert Duval is cast as Earl Pitcher Jr, a 60 year old auto body shop owner in Arkansas. He's as southern as can be and the scene is set so well that we can almost feel the heat of the hot summer. His mother is dying and he rushes home to her bedside. A few days after the funeral, the minister comes to call. He gives Earl a letter that his mother asked to be delivered after her death. When he read the letter, his life changes forever.
The letter reveals that his mother is not really his birth mother. His real mother is an African American servant girl who was impregnated by his father. The baby was born perfectly white and the real mother died in childbirth. And so the white women raised the baby as her own. This has been a secret all these years.
In the letter, his mother reveals that the African American woman had an older child who was thought to now be a policeman in Chicago. She urges Earl to try to connect with his brother. And so, he drives his pickup truck to Chicago in order to find his black brother. That's quite a setup for a plot.
James Earl Jones is cast as his brother. And Irma P. Hall is cast as Auntie T, who is in her eighties and remembers everything. Oh, and one more thing. Auntie T is blind.
The two men meet and clearly don't like each other. And then, as Earl is leaving Chicago, his truck is carjacked and he is slightly injured. He winds up staying in James Earl Jones' house for a few days. Naturally there are complications. And this is also where the plot becomes a little predictable. There's an upbeat ending too, of course.
No matter though. The acting and concept were so good that I just couldn't stop watching. And I found myself thinking about the situation long after the film ended. Therefore, I cannot help but recommend this film.