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'The Favor'

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It's been quite a month for middle-aged men whose stalled lives are jump-started by unexpected encounters. First came Dennis Quaid's cranky English professor in "Smart People" and Richard Jenkins' sad-sack economics prof in "The Visitor."

In "The Favor," Frank Wood plays Lawrence, not an academic but a pet photographer living in Bayonne, N.J. When his high school girlfriend drops back into...

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