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The Object Of My Affection

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The Object Of My Affection (1998)

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Reviews Counted:34

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Average Rating:5.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Nina (Jennifer Aniston) is a young woman who falls for her new roommate George (Paul Rudd) who just wants to be friends. When Nina finds herself pregnant, she comes to the conclusion that she'd... Nina (Jennifer Aniston) is a young woman who falls for her new roommate George (Paul Rudd) who just wants to be friends. When Nina finds herself pregnant, she comes to the conclusion that she'd rather raise the child with George than with the father. Complications arise in this touching film adapted by Wendy Wasserstein. [More]

Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Alan Alda, Nigel Hawthorne

Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Alan Alda, Nigel Hawthorne, John Pankow, Tim Daly, Allison Janney

Director: Nicholas Hytner

Director: Nicholas Hytner
Screenwriter: Wendy Wasserstein
Producer: Laurence Mark
Composer: George Fenton

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Sends an audience home happy, all while picturing a community where tolerance is the standard.

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Adding to the poignance is the terrific, natural chemistry between Aniston and Rudd.

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The shift in focus defuses what might have been fresh in the story.

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Director paces movie too languidly and dulls most of the emotional punches with the result being a film bordering too often on blandness when its strength is its risk taking.

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