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The Object of My Affection (1998)
★ 5.8 · 338 ratings on TMDB
A love story that could only happen between best friends.
A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.
DirectorNicholas Hytner
The emergence reading
The Object of My Affection keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
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Same subject, different rung
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