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The Object of My Affection

The Object of My Affection

Drama · Romance · 1998

A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.

Movie details

The Object of My Affection

“A love story that could only happen between best friends.”

1998 Drama · Romance 1h 51m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.0 / 10

21.9K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

53 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

52 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

5.8 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Object of My Affection?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Nicholas Hytner

Written by

Wendy Wasserstein

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston

Nina Borowski

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd

George Hanson

Alan Alda

Alan Alda

Sidney Miller

Nigel Hawthorne

Nigel Hawthorne

Rodney Fraser

John Pankow

John Pankow

Vince McBride

Tim Daly

Tim Daly

Robert Joley

Allison Janney

Allison Janney

Constance Miller

Court is in session

Put The Object of My Affection on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.