The Object of My Affection ★★½ 1998 (R) Nina (Aniston) is a Brooklyn social worker with an overbearing boyfriend, Vince (Pankow), she doesn't really love. Unfortunately, the man she does fall for is handsome gay teacher George (Rudd), who's just broken up with his pretentious boyfriend Joley (Daly), and who winds up renting Nina's spare room. When Nina discovers she's pregnant, she decides George would make a terrific father and asks him to raise the baby with her. But both turn out to have very unrealistic expectations about friendship and romance. Mix of humor and tears, with good performances, particularly by the appealing leads. Adapted from the novel by Stephen McCauley. 112m/C VHS, DVD, Wide. Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, John Pankow, Timothy Daly, Alan Alda, Nigel Hawthorne, Allison Janney, Amo Gulinello, Steve Zahn, Daniel Cosgrove;
Director:
Nicholas Hytner;
Writer:
Wendy Wasserstein;
Writer:
Oliver Stapleton;
Cameo:
George Fenton.
