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The Next Best Thing

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5.3/10 • 191

2000-03-031h 48m

ComedyDramaRomance

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.

Directors
John Schlesinger
Editors
Peter Honess

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Madonna

    Madonna

    Abbie Reynolds

  2. Rupert Everett

    Rupert Everett

    Robert Whittaker

  3. Benjamin Bratt

    Benjamin Bratt

    Ben Cooper

  4. Malcolm Stumpf

    Malcolm Stumpf

    Sam

  5. Josef Sommer

    Josef Sommer

    Richard Whittaker

  6. Suzanne Krull

    Suzanne Krull

    Annabel

  7. Linda Larkin

    Linda Larkin

    Kelly

  8. Illeana Douglas

    Illeana Douglas

    Elizabeth Ryder

  9. Michael Vartan

    Michael Vartan

    Kevin Lasater

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$25,000,000.00
Revenue
$24,362,772.00
Keywords
parent child relationshipcustody battleflushyogasinglebest friendlos angeles, californiasingle fatherco-parenting