Based on local author Stephen McCauley's novel, the film begins with George Hanson (Paul Rudd, a kind of darker Matthew Broderick) being consoled by Nina Borowski (Jennifer Aniston, discovering life beyond perkiness) over his break-up with boyfriend Dr. Joley (Tim Daly) and taking her up on her offer to be her roommate. The inevitable friend/lover tension sets in, not to mention the blurry borders of sexual preference (it's not as if George had never slept with a woman), all complicated by Nina's pregnancy, the return of Joley, and the appearance of a hunk named Paul. Such cute-hip machinations can induce squirming, but it's encouraging when a scene about a Hispanic elderly woman whose daughter is a lesbian is actually funny. That and impeccable supporting performances from Alan Alda, Allison Janney, and George's Nigel Hawthorne make Object not only desirable but satisfyingly obscure.