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The Favor

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Best friends Kathy (Harley Jane Kozak) and Emily (Elizabeth McGovern) are having disparate relationship troubles. Kathy is growing bored with her comfortable married life with husband Peter (Bill Pullman) while Emily is tired of her unstable arrangement with drifter artist Elliott (Brad Pitt). When Kathy hears her old flame Tom (Ken Wahl) will be attending their high school reunion, she asks Emily to seduce him and see what she's missing out on. Predictably, this leads to a mess of new problems.
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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
2/4
The ending of the film is appalling. Go to Full Review
Eric D. Snider EricDSnider.com 06/24/2006
B
Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily 09/21/2005
2/5
Edward Havens FilmJerk.com 08/28/2003
1/5
I remember seeing this when first released, and I remember not liking it, but I no longer remember the film at all. Go to Full Review
Shellie Iliff Palo Alto Weekly 05/20/2003
2/4
Brian J. Arthurs Beach Reporter (Southern California) 11/08/2002
3/5
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thiago s @Thiagostone Nov 29 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more Horror fan 4 May 8 A funny movie with good performances. Ken Wahl was a breath of fresh air. Tim Treakle See more Farah R @Farah 05/20/2023 I only watched this movie for 90s Brad Pitt and sometimes questioned if it was worth it. The Favor is a terrible rom-com devoid of both romance and comedy. See more 12/19/2020 I really enjoyed the favor. It is a pretty good film. The acting is brilliant from Harley Jane Kozak, Bill Pullman and Brad Pitt. I mainly wanted to see it for Bill Pullman because I am a big fan of him. He's a really great actor and he does a really good job at his acting. I am also a fan of Brad Pitt. And I became a fan of Harley Jane Kozak. She's really beautiful. It's got a wonderful story and the movie has a perfect mix of funny and dramatic moments. I definitely recommend the favor. I really love the movie. I know it's a very overrated movie but I personally think it's pretty underrated. See more 09/08/2019 Slow, and wastes its charismatic cast. See more 03/14/2019 I really love the favor. I enjoyed it from the first time I watched it last year. It is such a pretty good film. I don't think it's a horrible movie. It's actually pretty good and pretty decent. I don't let the bad news get to me when people consider this movie to be bad. This is what people think about "even if you heard bad things about certain films still give them a chance." I think this movie should be seen by more people. To me I think this is a pretty underrated movie. Give the favor a chance. It's got a good story and great acting throughout. I am a big fan of Bill Pullman. He does a great job. And Harley Jane Kozak is great in the movie as well. She is so beautiful. Brad Pitt is also good in the character he plays. This is actually the first movie I saw Harley Jane Kozak in so I did not know who she was when I watched the movie. I did not know who Elizabeth McGovern, Harley Jane Kozak and Ken Wahl were. The favor was my introduction to those 3 different people. The only cast I knew who was in it was Bill Pullman and Brad Pitt. A couple reasons why I picked up the movie was because Bill Pullman and Brad Pitt are in it and the film looked interesting. It's very much a romantic dramedy. This movie really gets so much hate. I do not hate it. It's a good movie in my own personal opinion. I definitely recommend it. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Best friends Kathy (Harley Jane Kozak) and Emily (Elizabeth McGovern) are having disparate relationship troubles. Kathy is growing bored with her comfortable married life with husband Peter (Bill Pullman) while Emily is tired of her unstable arrangement with drifter artist Elliott (Brad Pitt). When Kathy hears her old flame Tom (Ken Wahl) will be attending their high school reunion, she asks Emily to seduce him and see what she's missing out on. Predictably, this leads to a mess of new problems.
Director
Donald Petrie
Producer
Lauren Shuler Donner
Screenwriter
Sara Parriott, Josann McGibbon
Production Co
Nelson Entertainment
Rating
R
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.6M
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Surround
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