

The Next Best Thing
Visit website5.3/10 • 189
2000-03-03 • 1h 48m
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

The Next Best Thing
Visit website2000-03-03 • 1h 48m
5.3/10 • 189
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
View CreditsMadonna
Abbie Reynolds
Rupert Everett
Robert Whittaker
Benjamin Bratt
Ben Cooper
Malcolm Stumpf
Sam
Josef Sommer
Richard Whittaker
Suzanne Krull
Annabel
Linda Larkin
Kelly
Illeana Douglas
Elizabeth Ryder
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