Family Thing, A
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Family Thing, A
-- Suddenly learning he is half-black, an older Southerner (Robert Duvall) travels to Chicago to meet his half-brother, an African-American cop (James Earl Jones) who shuns him, but whose blind aunt insists he stay a few days and get to know the family. Directed by Richard Pearce, the plot may be contrived but Jones and Duvall give interesting performances in what proves a touching story of coping with life's surprises. Fleeting violence, mild sexual references and occasional epithets, profanity and rough language. (A-III) (PG-13)
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1996
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The classifications are as follows:
- A-I -- general patronage;
- A-II -- adults and adolescents;
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- A-IV**
- L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
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** Discontinued classification. All archived movies that were originally in the A-IV category are now classified as L.