Jennifer Aniston,
Paul Rudd,
Alan Alda,
Nigel Hawthorne,
John Pankow
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Nicholas Hytner (The Crucible) directed this Wendy Wasserstein screenplay, adapted from Stephen McCauley's novel, about the romantic mismatch of a gay man and a young pregnant woman. When literary age... read more
Directed by: Nicholas Hytner
Release Date: April 17, 1998
Keywords:
paul rudd,
jennifer aniston,
gay man,
straight woman,
Comic Sans ,
New York ,
Alan Alda ,
Jennifer Aniston ,
Paul Rudd
DVD Release Date: January 8, 2002
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January 8, 2008This glossy, unusual romantic comedy is great with the appealling cast including Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd.
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May 21, 2007A pretty good movie, though I did feel a bit disappointed in the end but it was the proper way to end it I suppose. Good to watch if you're in the mood for something emotional I suppose.
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May 29, 2006What starts out as a fairly basic story turns into a complex love story and then ends up as a mess.
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February 9, 2012fb100000185301014Interesting topic, kinda a love it or hate it film. It's really cute and Aniston's performance was great. It's just a cute little film to watch. The reference to singing in the rain blew me away!!!!! I love it
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October 30, 2008I'm a sucker for Paul Rudd. And romcoms. And films which star Friends alumni.
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February 22, 2008i make a habit of seein anything starring paul rudd i find him hilarious, an alright movie
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December 27, 2010A love story that could only happen between best friends.
Sometimes the most Desirable Relationship is the one you can't have.
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August 16, 2010It's a cute enough RomCom with a rather interesting and uncommon end-twist (though the majority of the plotline's near incredulous) - but the film's best recommendation is that it yields up numerous small and subtle glimpses of Aniston successfully breaking away from her Rachel G... read more
Critic Reviews
March 26, 2009
Todd McCarthy, Variety
June 18, 2002
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
The best romantic comedy so far this year. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Janet Maslin, New York Times
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. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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. Full Review
January 1, 2000
David Denby, New York Magazine
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. Full Review
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
While some of the solutions are a little facile, the film nevertheless succeeds, due in large part to a luminous performance by Jennifer Aniston... Full Review
April 9, 2005
Robin Clifford, Reeling Reviews
The Object of My Affection is one of the best romantic comedies I've seen in ages. Full Review
January 29, 2005
Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
At the core... is the college dorm debate question: Can a man and a woman live and love together without sex? The answers ... in a typical dorm room are ... as interesting... Full Review
February 8, 2003
John R. McEwen, Film Quips Online
This is a tale of difficult choices and wistful decisions, of trying to choose between two types of love when only one is possible. It is touching without being sappy, and beautifully photographed. Full Review
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