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  • 2008
  • Seventh Art Releasing
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 2008
  • Seventh Art Releasing
  • 1 h 50 m
The Favor

Summary An unmarried photographer living in New Jersey receives a phone call from a woman who broke his heart 25 years ago. A week later, he has loved her and lost her all over again, and her troubled teenage son is living with him. The Favor is an intimate family drama that explores the fabric of human relationships and what we will do for the ...

Directed By: Eva Aridjis

Written By: Eva Aridjis

  • 2008
  • Seventh Art Releasing
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 2008
  • Seventh Art Releasing
  • 1 h 50 m

The Favor

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary An unmarried photographer living in New Jersey receives a phone call from a woman who broke his heart 25 years ago. A week later, he has loved her and lost her all over again, and her troubled teenage son is living with him. The Favor is an intimate family drama that explores the fabric of human relationships and what we will do for the ...

Directed By: Eva Aridjis

Written By: Eva Aridjis

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
49
29% Positive
2 Reviews
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
29% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
49
29% Positive
2 Reviews
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
29% Negative
2 Reviews

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90
Subtly acted, with Aridjis showing remarkable trust in her performers, The Favor is that rare film that at every turn exhibits good taste and a sense of restraint.
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70
Overall, the film is alternately sweet and sad, amusing and moving.
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60
A pair of beautifully mismatched lead performances elevate a predictable drama to unexpected resonance in The Favor.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
50
The movie is too lethargic for its own good, and many of the events and minor characters don't quite ring true.
By Peter Hartlaub FULL REVIEW
50
The Favor ultimately takes itself too seriously and ends up stranded in an unconvincing no man's land of cute bleakness.
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30
A dreary, interminable drama written and directed by Eva Aridjis, is exactly one-third of a good movie. That third is Frank Wood's beautifully modulated and modest central performance.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
30
As an unconscious parody of everything that's wrong with Indiewood, Eva Aridjis's The Favor is brilliant. Otherwise, it's an unwatchable nightmare that brought back bad memories of NYU screenwriting classes.
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Production Company Dark Night Pictures, Televisión Azteca (TV Azteca)
Release Date May 2, 2008
Duration 1 h 50 m
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Awards

San Diego Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
CineVegas International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
San Diego International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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