The Next Best Thing

Name: The Next Best Thing
Released: 2000

2000PG-131h 48m

Comedy
Drama
Romance

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Best friends make the best mistakes

A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a straight man and wants to move away with her and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues.

Director: John Schlesinger
Writer: Tom Ropelewski
Music: Gabriel Yared
Cinematography: Elliot Davis
Rated: PG-13 · Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

Cast

MadonnaAbbie Reynolds
Rupert EverettRobert Whittaker
Benjamin BrattBen Cooper
Malcolm StumpfSam
Josef SommerRichard Whittaker
Suzanne KrullAnnabel
Linda LarkinKelly
Illeana DouglasElizabeth Ryder
Michael VartanKevin Lasater
Lynn RedgraveHelen Whittaker

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