The Next Best Thing
2000, Film, 108 min, Comedy, Drama, Romance, English, United States, MoviePedia score 54
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.
Directed by John Schlesinger
Cast
- Madonna as Abbie Reynolds
- Rupert Everett as Robert Whittaker
- Benjamin Bratt as Ben Cooper
- Illeana Douglas as Elizabeth Ryder
- Michael Vartan as Kevin Lasater
- Josef Sommer as Richard Whittaker
- Malcolm Stumpf as Sam
- Lynn Redgrave as Helen Whittaker
- Neil Patrick Harris as David
- Mark Valley as Cardiologist
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