Rudd is enchanting. He brings a succinct and proper attitude to a not-so-needy gay character that easily combats the traditional stereotype. He downplays enough situations and reacts brilliantly in some scenes to allow his character to come through easily

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 23, 2022

There's ultimately little doubt that The Object of my Affection fares best in its entertaining and compulsively watchable first half...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 30, 2020

'90s romcom about non-traditional family; cursing.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 21, 2020

You come away with a remarkable sense of the filmmakers and actors working together harmoniously as they delve into the heart of relationships between friends and lovers.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 28, 2018

Rudd and Aniston are sad and believable as star-crossed lovers who know they can never be together for reasons beyond their control.

| Dec 28, 2018

Aniston, a friend in need of a solid movie script... finally gets one courtesy of Tony-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein.

| Dec 28, 2018

The viewpoint may not be exactly fresh, but [screenwriter Wendy] Wasserstein... delivers the heartfelt message that, male or female, gay or straight, black or white, old or young, the important thing is to pick some one person and make it work.

| Dec 28, 2018

It is the sort of story best left to the French, who take great delight in such trifles.

| Dec 28, 2018

The mixture of sincerity and sitcom phoniness is bewildering at times, but on some level, I guess, the film works.

| Dec 28, 2018

Unashamedly a chick-flick, but no less enjoyable for it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 28, 2018

| Original Score: C- | Sep 7, 2011

The plot's hokey contrivances and the theatrical shtick tend to prevail over the sporadic moments of insight and emotional truth.

Full Review | Mar 26, 2009

A sweet, Saturday-night-in-front-of-the-tube romance that, while it doesn't quite redefine any conventions, offers an appealing look at the line between love and friendship.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 4, 2006

It never persuades you it belongs on the big screen.

| Jan 26, 2006

The Object of My Affection is one of the best romantic comedies I've seen in ages.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 9, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 14, 2005

At the core... is the college dorm debate question: Can a man and a woman live and love together without sex? The answers ... in a typical dorm room are ... as interesting...

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Jan 29, 2005

This is a tale of difficult choices and wistful decisions, of trying to choose between two types of love when only one is possible. It is touching without being sappy, and beautifully photographed.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 8, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 26, 2002

Wendy Wasserstein's script endows the story with equal measures emotional pain and romantic buoyancy...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 15, 2002