The Favor

The Favor (1994) is a romantic comedy you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Donald Petrie and starring Harley Jane Kozak, Elizabeth McGovern, Bill Pullman and Brad Pitt.

Kathy is a bored housewife who can't stop thinking about Tom, the guy from high school she never got to. Her fix: talk her single friend Emily into sleeping with him and reporting back. Emily agrees. It goes wrong immediately — Tom is exactly what Kathy remembered, Emily falls for him, she ends up pregnant, and now there's the small problem of explaining all this to her boyfriend Elliott. Brad Pitt plays Elliott, and the film was shot in 1991 before anyone knew his name — the casual confidence is already there, just waiting for a bigger stage.

Orion Pictures filed for bankruptcy while the film sat on a shelf, which is why it didn't reach theaters until 1994. A light comedy that got delayed by business catastrophe more than by its own quality. Stream The Favor online on iFILM.