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Review of by Kenneth Turan for Los Angeles Times — 07 Nov 1997

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Neither flashy nor dishonest, a wizard with restraint, Pearce has a gift for discovering the excitement in honest human behavior, and working from an acute script by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson, he's able to dramatize the story's essence without forcing the issue.

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This review of A Family Thing (1996) was written by and published by Los Angeles Times on 07 Nov 1997.

A Family Thing has generally received positive reviews.

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