Editing The Object of My Affection (section)

===Critical reception===
Critical reaction to the film was mixed. [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film two stars, saying: "''The Object of My Affection'' deals with some real issues and has scenes that work, but you can see the wheels of the plot turning so clearly that you doubt the characters have much freedom to act on their own."<ref name="Ebert">{{cite web |date=April 17, 1998 |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |title=The Object of My Affection |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-object-of-my-affection-1998 |website=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |publisher=RogerEbert.com }}</ref>
Ruthe Stein of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' said the film "occasionally borders on being too clever. But that's a small quibble about a movie that gets so much right."<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1998/04/17/DD84455.DTL ''''Unusual Romance Told With Great `Affection' – Rudd, Aniston sparkle in gay-straight love story"''] Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 April 1998</ref>

The film holds a rating of 52% on the review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 58 reviews. The site's consensus states: "Despite heartfelt performances from Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd, ''The Object of My Affection'' suffers from too many plot contrivances and frequent turns into rom-com sappiness."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/object_of_my_affection|title=The Object of My Affection - Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=May 27, 2025|website=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref>
[[Metacritic]] gave the film a weighted average score of 51% based on 18 critics.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-object-of-my-affection |title = The Object of My Affection |work=[[Metacritic]] }}</ref>