A Family Thing

Can't get any better than Jones and Duvall. I thought the story was great, suspenseful to a point, and I really enjoyed the intensity of the charactors.... Full review

I feel some of the best movies are those that depict human drama... Movies that 'could really happen' and this is one of them. "A Family Thing" is a story about an aging southern white man who learns at his mother's... Full review

What a pleasant surprise this was. I caught this one day on Showtime and really didn't give it much of a chance. But I was so wrong!! Powerful performance by Irma P. Hall (as Aunt T.), and Robert Duvall is at... Full review

Robert Duvall's father dies and he finds out that he has a long-lost brother - a black man (played by James Earl Jones). He treks to the big city in order to find his brother (against his wishes, as he's a... Full review

Everything about this movie touched my heart. Robert Duvall has to be the best actor who's ever tread the face of this earth. The way he 'sinks into' his character in this particular film is almost uncanny. The completely fresh and... Full review

Robert Duvall is great as the Southern man who is in for a surprise when his daddy dies. James Earl Jones matches him ever step of the way in magnificent interaction. But Irma P. Hall as the mother, really steals the... Full review

This is a movie that reminds one of the saying: "Just when I thought I knew the answers, they changed the questions." A Caucasian man discovers late in life that his mother was actually Black, instead of the White woman who... Full review

Irma P. Hall should have won the Oscar for this performance. I can't believe she wasn't even nominated. Duvall and Jones were also wonderful. An actor's treat!... Full review

A Family Thing" (which Duvall co-produced) casts them as half-brothers, an unlikely match at best. ... Full Review

This movie is bound to be about their learning to love each other, and it is, but knowing this doesn't ruin the wonderful ride. I loved my sister," she tells Earl, "and you her boy, so I love you, too. ... Full Review

First is the unfortunate title, of course, but the fundamental flaw with A Family Thing is that the movie is just stonkingly boring . A Family Thing might be a rip-off, but hey, at least Driving Miss Daisy was a good movie (it won Best Picture after all), and the producers were wise to steal from a classic. ... Full Review

A Family Thing'' could have gone deeper, could have had harder edges Jones and Duvall have a wonderful scene, played late at nightwhile they walk with the lights out, about a time they met when they were littleboys. ... Full Review

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