Rate: A Family Thing
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[BE THE FIRST TO RATE THIS MOVIE]Calorie Rating: 153
Released: 1996-03-29
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 109 Minutes
Revenue 10125417
Studios: United Artists, Butcher's Run Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,
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.