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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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The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
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.
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A pair of beautifully mismatched lead performances elevate a predictable drama to unexpected resonance in The Favor.
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San Francisco Chronicle by Peter Hartlaub
The movie is too lethargic for its own good, and many of the events and minor characters don't quite ring true.