A Family Thing
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Movie Reviews of A Family Thing
Movie Review: Hidden Gem of a Movie on a Very Real Topic (In the South)
Summary: 4 Stars
Can't add much to the great reviews, only I'm from the South (MS) and my mother, aunts,..others informed of such an issue when I became a grown man and ended up back home for a few years.
That said, there isn't a wasted performance, line, scene,... in the entire movie, just a steady paced Southern Tale of Reconciliation.
Others here give the bigger nod to the Aunt, mine is reserved for Mr. Steady (Duvall), if you want to see pure genius in ONE scene, find the one when he takes the letter and reads it to his (back sliddin) Daddy.
The emotion he emits in that scene is simply compelling. It's a movie for grownups, for I don't see a youngin being able to sit through a Movie with no (REAL) violence, bombs, tight skirts, short-shorts, fake boobs/foreheads/eyebrows,...Two other good scenes: Duvall and his older (black) nephew, telling him how he found out "Life Ain't about you,..." and the Blind Aunt telling them of Duvall's birth.
Great Movie, start to finish.
Four.4 Stars, not quite enough for 5, because it's not "edge of your seat" but a good movie.
Movie Review: Enjoyable, thought-provoking
Summary: 4 Stars
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie about the importance of family, even when one finds it in the most unlikely of places. Both James Earl Jones & Robert Duvall are excellent, as usual, but Irma P. Hall nearly steals every scene she appears in. Well worth watching.