Entertainment Weekly, 04/12/1996, p.50, "...Earnest....A charming thing."
Chicago Sun-Times, 03/29/1996, p.31, "...It's a superior entertainment, warm-hearted and touching, and with some nice shadings in the performances..."
Variety, 03/25/1996, "...Engaging and affecting....Duvall is solid as ever..."
Los Angeles Times, 03/29/1996, p.F8, "...A FAMILY THING tells a tale of risk and daring that is as engrossing as anything Indiana Jones might encounter..."
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Dolby Digital Stereo - French
Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical
When a white Arkansas mechanic learns his mother was a black woman, and that he has a black half-brother, he travels to Chicago to discover more about his true family. At first taken aback by the news, the man and his newly-discovered sibling slowly open up to each other with the help of their wise, blind aunt. The script was co-written by Billy Bob Thornton, prior to his success with SLING BLADE.