A Death in the Family 2002

     Adapted from a Pultizer Prize winning novel by James Agee, the setting is Knoxville TN in 1915.  This was also a play titled All the Way Home.  Rufus is seven years old, his mother is going to have another baby but they haven't told him yet.  He gets a lot of bullying (it was not called bullying in 1915) from his classmates because of his name and they don't believe what he tells them even though it's true.  He said he drove the family's Model T with his father but that can't be true?  There is tension in the family on both his mother's side and his father's side because of different religions.
     The times were really different in this age, calmer and slower but things that bother them greatly can be barely noticed or thought about in this time.  The characters and story draw you in and they feel very comfortable.  3 1/2* (I liked this movie)

90 min, Drama directed by Gilbert Cates with Matthew Carlton, Kathleen Chalfant, James Cromwell, Annabeth Gish, Bill Raymond, John Slattery, Mac Pirkle, David Alford.


Note:  Blockbuster 3*, imdb 5.8 out of 10, no critic review 30% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.