ComedyDramaRomance
The Next Best Thing
"Best friends make the best mistakes"
User Score197 votes
52%5.2/10
Release2000→
Runtime1H 48M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
Madonna
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
Media10
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Director
John Schlesinger
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Box Office
Budget$25M
Revenue$24M
Certification
PG-13Keywords
parent child relationshipcustody battleflushyogasinglebest friendlos angeles, californiasingle fatherco-parenting
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Countries:United States of America
Production:Paramount PicturesLakeshore Entertainment