The Favor

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The Favor

R

1994

1h 37m

Romance

Comedy

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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

Jan 1, 2000

2/4

The ending of the film is appalling.

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Eric D. Snider

EricDSnider.com

Jun 24, 2006

B

Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Sep 21, 2005

2/5

Edward Havens

FilmJerk.com

Aug 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.

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Shellie Iliff

Palo Alto Weekly

May 20, 2003

2/4

Brian J. Arthurs

Beach Reporter (Southern California)

Nov 8, 2002

3/5

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Michael A

@Kinich61 Aug 19, 2026

The premise is not bad for this type of movie, but the directing and acting is mostly horrible.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Nov 29, 2025

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

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Horror fan 4

@Horrorfan4life May 8, 2025

A funny movie with good performances. Ken Wahl was a breath of fresh air. Tim Treakle

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Farah R

@Farah May 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.

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Dec 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.

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Sep 8, 2019

Slow, and wastes its charismatic cast.

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Donald Petrie

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Harley Jane Kozak

Kathy Whiting

Elizabeth McGovern

Emily Embrey

Bill Pullman

Peter Whiting

Brad Pitt

Elliott Fowler

Ken Wahl

Tom Andrews

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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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