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A Family Thing

“With family, everything is relative.”

1996 · 1 h 49 min
Directed by Richard Pearce
ComedyDrama

Cast

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Plot

A white Arkansas man learns after his mother's death that he has a Black half-brother and travels to meet him.

Sinekatalog’s take

Richard Pearce's drama, with Robert Duvall and James Earl Jones, is warm and humane, anchored by two fine actors.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (5,068 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.