Cute Movie
Added 9/10/2009
I have watched this movie on tv several times and have always wanted to buy it. I love all the characters, especially Bill Pullman. He is so clueless, but is as cute as he can be in his innocence to what is going on. In the end, true love with your spouse always wins out; which is the way it should be.
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If you want romance, fun and laughter, this is the one! Great story, good actors and totally entertaining!
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Agreeable, yet unremarkable romantic comedy
Added 4/10/2007
Harley Jane Kozak is good in her role as Kathy, a woman stuck in a good marriage to brainy dweeb Peter. Despite having a brilliant husband and two young girls, she is nonetheless unhappy because her impending class reunion is dredging up fond memories of her hunky and athletic high school flame, Tom. This mid-life crisis makes her wonder how delightfully romantic life with Tom would be now. Compounding this is her envy of her gorgeous friend Emily, a single woman who has had too many romantic encounters to recall. Kathy obsesses about Tom because they never consummated their relationship, and she simply must know his current status. Since Emily is going be traveling in Tom's vicinity, Kathy asks Emily for The Favor. This is where the trouble begins. Bill Pullman is decent as the absent-minded professor, who only has work on the brain, and Brad Pitt is uniformly fine in his supporting role as Emily's immature young paramour. Larry Miller delivers most of the film's funny lines and I can always watch the beautiful Elizabeth McGovern. Although the film is cute, it makes for little more than an amusing diversion for an hour and a half or so. This isn't a must-see movie, unless one happens to be a huge fan of one of the actors involved.
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A silly comedy that shines - thanks to its stars
Added 5/5/2002
Let me start by suggesting that you buy, not rent, this movie, because you might well find it too silly at first, then you'll surprise yourself with the urge to watch it over and over again. Yes, with a plot that's nothing better than a good episode of "Three's Company", the cast and crew deserved all the credits to make "The Favor" one of the most entertaining comedies reflecting various facets of love and marriage. Except for Elizabeth McGovern (who shines in almost every role given to her, especially in "Men & Women, Stories of Seduction"), other actors seemed to deliver their best performances here: Harley Jane Kozak, Bill Pullman, Larry Miller, the Orti sisters... I give this film 5 stars, one of which goes to the screenplay that's full of hilarious one-liners, so wisely interwoven with simple but thought provoking dialogues (the conversation between Bill Pullman, Harley Jane Kozak and Leigh Ann Orti in the "kitchen scene" being my favorite one).
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early brad pitt
Added 6/4/2001
Brad Pitt co-stars in this movie as the younger artist boyfriend of Elizabeth McGovern. The movie is about a group of friends, some of which are married couples, having mid-life crisis's. It's pretty light-hearted and funny. Harley Jane Kozak and Bill Pullman play husband and wife. I watched it a few years back and the details are fuzzy, but I do remember enjoying it very much. Worth the money.
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