The Object of My Affection (1998)

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

Bring your Kleenexes! Okay, you've been warned.In The Object of my Affection, two actors whose careers have previously been tied to teen-oriented comedies are finally given the chance to show the world they can act. Paul Rudd plays the male lead, a gay man who cares deeply for his female friend. His sensitivity and subtlety in the role is incredible. In a decade when including a gay character in a movie usually went hand-in-hand with a flamboyant performance, it's wonderful to see him give his character a realistic, subdued performance.Jennifer Aniston, previously associated with flighty behavior in a coffee shop, has real challenges in this movie. Her character is involved with a less-than-stellar boyfriend, and when she finds out she's pregnant, she has to decide whether to return to her boyfriend, or go it alone. And while she's deciding, she just might develop some inappropriate feelings for her sympathetic, caring friend.This is a heavy drama, and definitely not one to watch if you've just had your heart broken. Even if you're not normally inclined to watch something this heavy, consider stretching your boundaries for this one. Paul Rudd's performance is worth it.

POSITIVES:I do like the vibe of the romantic-comedic movies, because they are light and happy movies. And this movie has such qualities. J-Aniston is very good and beautiful in this movie. NEGATIVES: This movie is unnecessarily vulgar. It is also not very intriguing. And it is also, kinda bland. Paul Rudd is not very charismatic here. I'm thinking he is not a lead role kinda actor. Another thing is, I didn't know this movie was about gay people, so it kinda caught me off guard. I'm not very comfortable watching relationships and flirting and touching of gay nature. Man to man. And this movie had some such moments.The plot of this movie is so - so. Too many gay twists and improbable turnarounds. Despite it all, it is somehow slightly watchable and enjoyable.So, in conclusion not exactly my cup of tea. And even from a more objective perspective this movie is mediocre at best.*************SPOILER ALERT***************At least they stayed true to the story and finished the movie with Rudd actually straight up rejecting Aniston! So, he is still gay and stays gay. And she ends up getting together with a nice black man. Real rating: 6.4MY RATING SYSTEM:9.4 - 10 = rating 10 ***** 8.6 - 9.3 = rating 9 ***** 7.8 - 8.5 = rating 8 ***** 7.1 - 7.7 = rating 76.1 - 7.0 = 6 5.1 - 6.0 = 5 4.1 - 5.0 = 4 3.1 - 4.0 = 3 2.1 - 3.0 = 2 1.0 - 2.0 = 1

Contemporary society's focus on homosexuality takes an interesting twist in this 1998 movie.Basically, a pregnant Jennifer Aniston wishes to raise her baby with an endearing homosexual she has met.This movie doesn't stop there. The race question is also brought in when she meets a black police officer.Paul Rudd is excellent as the conflicted gay guy. He has feelings for the Aniston character, but his male preference ultimately prevails. The picture is a good one as everyone eventually comes to terms with their beliefs.In a brief appearance, Nigel Hawthorne shines as an elderly, realistic gay man.We're in the mix of the wealthy and not so wealthy people here. We have writers, educators and others confronting their homosexuality.

That is the question that Nina have when she falls in love of a gay kindergarten teacher, George. If this is not a kind of romantic that you usually used to hear in an almost XXI century, now is so much different. In the same year comes "Will & Grace" and then "The Next Best Thing". Now, the relationship between gay man and straight woman is yet a typical formula of romantic Hollywood comedies (I guess that not always this characters live together, but always the lead female character has a gay friend, and a gay has to best friend to a single woman). If "The Object of my Affection" don't start it all, is (In movies, because "Will & Grace" is a great and very funny T.V show) the best of all films of this kind of plot - or better the best that i have seen-.In our lives, always we find special people that full us. That makes us feel so different, in a good -very good- way. But, in spite, this person is not always the suitable one. And, in spite that we know that, we suffer of this person. "The Object of my Affection" is the portrait of this kind of uncontrollable suffer by the heart of human beens, show it to us by the story of Nina, who met George, who broke up with his boyfriend. Nina, who see how sad is George for some of the problems that this broke up begins, decides to offer him to stay with her until he be stabilized. Nina lives with other man. She is pregnant of him. After a while, Nina begins a strong relationship with George. The Nina begins to fall in loved of him... Wow, what problem going to begin! "The Object of my Affection" is a drama that, when you watch at the beginning like another romantic comedy which is all the opposite. "The Object of my Affection" is a tender drama that analyzed a hard topic, but that is inevitable in our lives: Love. The movie counts with great performances too: Jennifer Aniston (Shines like ever as Nina), Paul Rudd as George, Timothy Daly, Amo Gulinello, Alan Alda and Allison Janney.Of course that are a lot of movies about unrequited love (Look for one the best movies of this topic "My Own Private Idaho") but the bitter way, dressed of colorful, of "The Object of my Affection" is unique. The story is not a "chick flick" although that much thinks that. This movie is a contemporaneous drama which is fill of an optimistic voice, since the begin to the end. "The Object of my Affection" is great movie that keeps in mind of much - or only me, if is the case-, and marks the thing that "Will & Grace" makes with so greatness and that "The Next Best Thing" ruins.*Sorry for the mistakes... well, if there any.