MOVIE · 1998

The Object of My Affection

ComedyDramaRomance111 min

After becoming pregnant by her boyfriend, a New York social worker starts imagining a different future with her gay best friend and roommate. Jennifer Aniston is the expectant mother, caught between the life she’s supposed to be building and the one she wants instead. Paul Rudd is the friend she grows closer to, turning an easy domestic arrangement into a knot of affection, jealousy, and crossed expectations. As their bond deepens, the film keeps its focus on the uneasy space where friendship, romance, and family plans stop lining up.