Editing The Object of My Affection (section)

{{about||the novel|The Object of My Affection (novel)|the album by Faron Young|The Object of My Affection (album)|a song composed by Pinky Tomlin in 1934|Pinky Tomlin}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = The Object of My Affection
| image          = objectofmyaffectionposter.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Nicholas Hytner]]
| producer       = [[Laurence Mark]]
| screenplay     = [[Wendy Wasserstein]]
| based_on       = {{based on|''[[The Object of My Affection (novel)|The Object of My Affection]]''|[[Stephen McCauley]]}}
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Jennifer Aniston]]
* [[Paul Rudd]]
* [[Alan Alda]]
* [[Nigel Hawthorne]]
* [[John Pankow]]
* [[Tim Daly]]
}}
| music          = [[George Fenton]]
| cinematography = [[Oliver Stapleton]]
| editing        = [[Tariq Anwar (film editor)|Tariq Anwar]]
| studio         = [[20th Century Fox]]
| distributor    = 20th Century Fox
| released       = {{Film date|1998|04|17}}
| runtime        = 111 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $15 million<ref name="numbers">{{cite web |title=The Object of my Affection (1998) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Object-of-My-Affection-The#tab=summary |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] }}</ref>
| gross          = $46.9 million<ref name="mojo" />
}}
'''''The Object of My Affection''''' is a 1998 American [[romance film|romantic]] [[comedy-drama]] film directed by [[Nicholas Hytner]], and starring [[Jennifer Aniston]] and [[Paul Rudd]] alongside [[Alan Alda]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[John Pankow]], and [[Tim Daly]]. The film was adapted from [[The Object of My Affection (novel)|novel of the same name]] by [[Stephen McCauley]] and the screenplay was written by [[Wendy Wasserstein]]. The story focuses on a New York social worker who, after becoming pregnant by her boyfriend, develops romantic feelings for her new [[gay]] flatmate and decides she would rather raise her child with him.

It was filmed in 1997 in various locations around [[New York City]], [[New Jersey]], and [[Connecticut]]. The film received mixed reviews and was a moderate box office success grossing $46.9 million against a production budget of $15 million.