The Favor (Blu-ray) <small>by Olie Coen</small><hr /> Director: Donald Petrie Starring: Harley Jane Kozak, Elizabeth McGovern, Bill Pullman, Brad Pitt Year: 1994 Donald Petrie has had a very ...interesting ...career. He began as an actor, then started directing TV episodes: MacGyver, Amazing Stories, L.A. Law, The Equalizer, later Picket Fences and Chicago Hope. He segued into movies in the 90s, and that's where things get weird: Mystic Pizza, Grumpy Old Men, The Favor, Richie Rich, Miss Congeniality, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Welcome to Mooseport, Just My Luck, and most recently Little Italy, which looked to be the worst film of the last 900 years. I don't understand how he chooses his projects, maybe by throwing darts, which must be how ...Read the entire review »