Favor

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For a low budget movie, with a relatively unknown cast, my hopes werent high. However, this turned out to be an engrossing 100 minutes with many twists and turns along the way. Well acted and well directed I really enjoyed it.

So this is clearly a low-budget indie film, like most films on Tubi. But if you go in with that expectation, you'll probably be pleasantly surprised. The movie has some very good acting, especially from the Marvin character. And it has some unexpected twists that keep it interesting. Also has an ending that is fairly satisfying, although nobody is really a hero in this. Good to see an artistic little film that is watchable and a little different. At times you'll find yourself asking what you would've done differently, to avoid the fate of the characters. In some ways, this has elements of a black comedy. And I just happened to catch the "Claire" actress in a documentary the other night about her grooming in high school. "Don't Tell Anyone", or something like that. All the actors appear somewhat familiar, although I don't know if I've actually seen them in anything besides that.

Awful story Terrible acting Watched 10 minutes and hated it.

Kip (Blayne Weaver) has it all: A beautiful wife (Cheryl Nichols), a nice house (except for painted cinder block walls), a great job, a beautiful mistress (Rosalie Ward) and a friend Marvin (Patrick Day) who helps him bury dead bodies. Of course being out of work, Marvin performs the dirty deed. Marvin has a very nice collection of recently emptied green beer bottles decorating his home. He requires favors in return from Kip that escalate. This is a simple quirky low budget film with some uncomfortable settings and a nice twist of events. Acting and direction was decent. Limited flashbacks done well, i.e. you knew they were flashbacks and they served a purpose. Good pick for "Indie Night." If you like this film, you might also like "Meeting Evil" which has a higher intensity factor. Parental Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.

We really enjoyed this film my wife and I liked the story the excellent acting and for the budget they had phenomenal directing!! The creative story was done to an excellent success by the cast and crew. Now it's not an oscar contender or a epic film but it did what a movie is suppose to do , it entertained us!! Only flaw is if you have mr Combs in your film, give him more screen time!! We give it a solid 7.5 thus the 8 score.

Another one that caught me completely by surprise. Alicia Veliz and I sat down to watch this, after deciding to pick a couple of random DVDs. While it turned out I saw the other one before, Favor was new to us both and I'm happy to say, this was a Favor I didn't mind owing. Do you know the saying "A friend helps you move. A good friend helps you move a body" ? This is the entire premise of this movie and while it is a very small budget movie (you can tell the locations are no more than two or three places), the actors involved and the Director did a fantastic job of making this simple premise a taught and enjoyable thriller from beginning to end. With a slow build, but never boring Favor is all about the characters shown. Kip is one of those people some of us know, who always seem to have everything they want. A great job. A nice home. A loving marriage and everything in between. Like some people though, he takes these things for granted as if he's owed everything he has. Then we meet Marvin. Kip's old friend from way back. Marvin is the complete opposite. He's broke. He's unemployed. He's lonely and has nothing worth living for. After Kip asks for Marvin help to move his dead girlfriend's body, things get really complicated as Marvin unravels and begins to envy Kip's life. We know what's coming, but that doesn't make the ride any less fun. Favor isn't fast paced or action packed but the actors make the story riveting and enjoyable from beginning to end and I highly recommend watching it, if you're looking for a good suspense flick.

I am totally speechless. I just watched this little indy thriller that I knew nothing about and it blew me away! Whoever the hell Paul Osbourne is, my guess is that we'll be hearing a lot more from him. This film is about a guy who inadvertently kills a woman he's been seeing on the side and gets his childhood friend to cover it up for him.However his loser friend starts demanding all sorts of stuff from him, like giving him money and hiring him in a job he's clearly not qualified to work at. This suspense just keeps building and building, the acting of the two primary actors is just amazing. Osbourne not only directed this but also wrote and photographed it as well. It is so rare to find an unknown flick that is as good as any thriller I've seen in a long time. Do yourself a Favor and rent or buy this. I will be watching this again real soon. Danny.

Found this movie after seeing another film from the same Director. This had some actors I hadn't seen before and a really good story. It took some dark turns, which were unexpected, and kept advancing the story.

Kip Desmond seems like one of those guys who hit the lottery. Prosperous job, beautiful wife, he's just LUCKY. The durability of his luck gets a major test in Paul Osborne's new drama/thriller, "Favor". There's no spoiler alert necessary to tell you the plot of this film. The concept is laid out in the first scene and fires out of the gate from there. The script is streamlined nicely to deliver this plot and not get involved in stray scenes that meander for no reason or jump into side plots that go nowhere. Kip gets what he wants, and what he's wanted for sometime is Abby, a local waitress with whom he's been having an affair. But when things go bad (that bad), Kip ends up going to an old high school friend to help him get rid of the body. The high school friend, Marvin, agrees and…well, let's just say it doesn't go so well. Every attempt to keep the act and the situation clean gets foiled by blackmail, guilt or really bad decisions. "Favor" follows the path of good modern day thrillers like "A Simple Plan" and "Blood Simple", apparently, movies with "Simple" in the title. But "Favor" is far from simple. Osborne has created a steady air of "uncomfortable" that permeates each scene as the choices the characters make become darker and more desperate. There's nothing more fun at the movies than watching characters get deeper and deeper in trouble, and there's no shortage of that in "Favor", as the stakes get raised in scene after scene, sometimes to funny, but often to shocking results. Blayne Weaver plays Kip, a fine bit of casting, as Weaver can play weasel quite well. Patrick Day is the casting coup here, nailing pathetic loser who can turn around and be quite conniving. We all know and fear the hell out of the guy he's playing. They all live in our hometown, which is why we left there years ago. Other supporting cast members include Cheryl Nichols, Christina Rose, Rosalie Ward and Jeffrey Combs, but the film belongs to the leads just driving that story home. Again, a film this single-minded is refreshing. The tech elements are consistent. As most indie films are, this is shot digitally, but unlike most indie features which go nuts with the depth of field 'cause "Yay! We can do that now! Just like film!", you're never saying to yourself, "Look at how nuts they've gone with the depth of field 'cause they can do that now. Just like film". Instead, the cinematography serves the greater picture of setting the tone. And the tone is dark. The intangibles are here that always set an indie apart from a major studio picture. As they're intangible, I don't know what they are, but all independent films have them – just…little things that make this film an indie, but I think Osborne's writing shows he could just as easily collaborate with Robert Richardson, Rick Carter and Michael Kahn, so guys, clear your calendars. There's something enjoyable about watching the comeuppance of a white, privileged, entitled guy. I remember this guy Brad Wilkins from my college (yeah, his name was BRAD), and he never thought the rules applied to him. Man, I'd like to see him involved in the quagmire Kip finds himself in. And that's another positive quality of "Favor", you can't really root for Kip, or Marvin (or BRAD). They're pretty repellent guys. But you can't stop watching their story, and you hope the damage they cause doesn't spread. But it does. Enjoy.