Word: objectively
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...About The Object of My Affection, did you feel that you were taking a career risk, or career jump, by playing a homosexual character...
...OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION...
...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...
...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 now!" it yells. In between these climactic urges for audience emotion, The Object of My Affection stomps all over thin ice. Though mindfully tries for fluffy appeal, it ends up cracking under the weight of its cautiousness...
...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 scenes don't particularly flow well (some parts scream for commercial breaks), and it jumps from melodrama to obvious comic relief without much attempt at subtlety. Hytner seems lost as to what genre the movie actually belongs in. Rare scenes echo with the light, schmaltzy appeal of a romantic comedy, some...