The Next Best Thing
Also known as Next Best Thing
2000 film by John Schlesinger
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5.2A 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.
Released: 2000-03-03108 minDir: John SchlesingerComedy, Drama, RomanceBudget: $25.0MBox office: $24.4M
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
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2000 American films2000 comedy-drama films2000 English-language films2000 films2000 LGBTQ-related filmsAmerican comedy-drama filmsAmerican LGBTQ-related filmsAmerican pregnancy filmsBuena Vista International filmsEnglish-language comedy-drama filmsFilms directed by John SchlesingerFilms produced by Tom Rosenberg