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Cast: |
| Paul Rudd |
| Jennifer Aniston |
| John Pankow |
| Nigel Hawthorne |
Alan Alda
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Director: |
| Nicholas Hytner |
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Adapted for film from Stephen McCauley's 1987 novel by the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein, The Object of My Affection transcends the potential gimmickry of its gay theme to become a sincere survey of unrequited love.
Synopsis:
The story revolves around a social worker, Nina, played by Jennifer Aniston and a homosexual nursery- school teacher, George, played by Paul Rudd who become room-mates after their respective relationships fall into trouble. When she falls pregnant she asks her housemate to be the "father". She duly falls for him but he cannot reciprocate the feelings, being true to his sexuality. To complicate matters further, George falls in love with a young actor, who lives with Rodney Fraser, played by Hawthorne, shattering both Nina's and Rodney's feelings. Director Nicholas Hytner said the film aimed to avoid both the camp stereotypes and the traumas of some gay films: "There are no limp wrists and no slit wrists."
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"Memorably funny and touching!"
- Rolling Stone
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"Absolutely Enchanting."
- The New York Observer |
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Hawthorne's character:
"One shouldn't be too hard on oneself when the
object of one's affection returns the favour with rather less enthusiasm
than one might have hoped." Nigel Hawthorne is an older, caustic theater critic who's in love, and coincidentally provides board for, the young
actor that George finds himself falling in love with. He recognizes a kindred soul in Nina, suffering from unrequited love, and tenderly warns her to not fix her life so that she's alone when she reaches the middle of it.
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