Rotten
The plot's hokey contrivances and the theatrical shtick tend to prevail over the sporadic moments of insight and emotional truth.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
The Object of My Affection
A love story that could only happen between best friends.
1998 · 1h 51m · R
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Nicholas Hytner
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Nicholas Hytner Director
- Jennifer Aniston as Nina Borowski
- Paul Rudd as George Hanson
- Hayden Panettiere as Mermaid
- Alan Alda as Sidney Miller
- Allison Janney as Constance Miller
- John Pankow as Vince McBride
- Steve Zahn as Frank Hanson
- Nigel Hawthorne as Rodney Fraser
- Gabriel Macht as Steve Casillo
- Kevin Carroll as Louis Crowley
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
53%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The best romantic comedy so far this year.
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
This comedy is content to enjoy the beguiling antics of Ms. Aniston, who is as skillful here as she is miscast, and to let its colorful minor characters give it a sitcom spin.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
There is a movie fighting to get out of The Object of My Affection, and I like it better than the movie it's trapped in.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
Paul Rudd is charming, and some of the scenes are intelligently written and played, but at a recent screening people on all sides of me were squirming in discomfort.
David Denby, New York Magazine/Vulture
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