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The Next Best Thing
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.
Cast
- Madonna as Abbie Reynolds
- Rupert Everett as Robert Whittaker
- Benjamin Bratt as Ben Cooper
- Malcolm Stumpf as Sam
- Josef Sommer as Richard Whittaker
- Suzanne Krull as Annabel
- Linda Larkin as Kelly
- Illeana Douglas as Elizabeth Ryder
- Michael Vartan as Kevin Lasater
- Lynn Redgrave as Helen Whittaker
- Neil Patrick Harris as David
- Mark Valley as Cardiologist
Details
- Director
- John Schlesinger
- Released
- March 3, 2000
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures and Lakeshore Entertainment
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 5.2 / 10 from 207 votes
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