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THC: About The Object of My Affection, did you feel that you were taking a career risk, or career jump, by playing a homosexual character?
THE OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION
For some strange, inexplicable reason, you'll find yourself cringing during The Object of My Affection. Cringing, you ask? Oddly enough, the movie induces nervousness. It's an uncomfortable two hours that never really satisfies or does more than superficially entertain.
The Object of My Affection walks the tightrope on a number of boundary lines--hanging dangerously between comedy and melodrama, intelligence and triteness, and between politically correct and glaring offensive. But it never finds its "zone." The movie seems unnecessarily forced and cautious. "Laugh at this!" it tells you. "Cry...
The Object of My Affection is directed by Nicholas Hytner, the man responsible for the intense, fiery The Madness of King George and The Crucible. Whereas with those films, the attention centered on the passionate and dramatic acting, his sparse directing style makes this movie feel slightly sitcom-ish. The...