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The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 1, 1991

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Comedy, Romance

User Score

60%

Original Title

The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

Production Companies

Fildebroc, Les Films Ariane, Sovereign Pictures, Umbrella

Director

Ben Lewin

Description

A farce, Hoskins plays a photographer who specializes in religious pictures who searches for a model for Jesus. He does a favor for a friend and finds himself doing a voice track for a porno movie with Natasha Richardson. Hoskins finds his model for Jesus in Jeff Goldblum and a romantic triangle begins in which Goldblum finds adoring crowds believing him to be Jesus and then begins to believe it himself.