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  • 1998
  • R
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 1998
  • R
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 51 m

Summary George and Nina seem like the perfect couple. They share a cozy Brooklyn apartment, a devotion to ballroom dancing and they love each other. There's only one hitch: George is gay. And when Nina announces she's pregnant, things get particularly complicated.

Directed By: Nicholas Hytner

Written By: Stephen McCauley, Wendy Wasserstein

  • 1998
  • R
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 1998
  • R
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 51 m

The Object of My Affection

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 18 Critic Reviews
52
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 11 User Ratings
5.4
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Summary George and Nina seem like the perfect couple. They share a cozy Brooklyn apartment, a devotion to ballroom dancing and they love each other. There's only one hitch: George is gay. And when Nina announces she's pregnant, things get particularly complicated.

Directed By: Nicholas Hytner

Written By: Stephen McCauley, Wendy Wasserstein

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 18 Critic Reviews
52
39% Positive
7 Reviews
50% Mixed
9 Reviews
11% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 18 Critic Reviews
52
39% Positive
7 Reviews
50% Mixed
9 Reviews
11% Negative
2 Reviews

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100
Much of that appeal comes from compelling performances by the two main actors.
By Ruthe Stein FULL REVIEW
70
Tries to mix the messy realities of mismatched relationships with the structural neatness of a musical-comedy view of the world, with mild, occasionally diverting results.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW
67
It boasts appealing performances, and it takes a reasonably tasteful approach to its subject, aside from a string of four-letter words that sound strangely out of place in this romantic comedy.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
50
Wendy Wasserstein brings a dull pen to this literary adaptation, which shows none of the bite or savvy of Stephen McCauley's novel.
By Rita Kempley FULL REVIEW
50
Judged esthetically -- the only yardstick worth applying -- it can be safely placed in that long line of indistinguishable Hollywood mediocrities, all of them trying in vain to resurrect an awfully weary genre.
By Rick Groen FULL REVIEW
40
The storyline lacks credibility.
By Steve Davis FULL REVIEW
30
The film that Nicholas Hytner has directed (from a screenplay by the playwright Wendy Wasserstein) is slick, sweet, and disastrously unmoving -- even people who live to cry at the movies will find themselves depressingly dry-eyed.
By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 11 User Ratings
5.4
36% Positive
4 Ratings
36% Mixed
4 Ratings
27% Negative
3 Ratings

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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 11 User Ratings
5.4
36% Positive
4 Ratings
36% Mixed
4 Ratings
27% Negative
3 Ratings

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Production Company Twentieth Century Fox
Release Date Apr 17, 1998
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline A love story that could only happen between best friends.
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Awards

London Critics Circle Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
GLAAD Media Awards
• 1 Nomination

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