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The Next Best Thing
Dir. John Schlesinger
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The Next Best Thing
“Best friends make the best mistakes”
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Director
John Schlesinger
Screenplay
Tom Ropelewski
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.
Release
Mar 3, 2000
Budget
$25M
Country
United States of America
Revenue
$24M
Cast
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
Michael Vartan
Kevin Lasater
Lynn Redgrave
Helen Whittaker
Neil Patrick Harris
David
Mark Valley
Cardiologist
Stacy Edwards
Finn
John Carroll Lynch
Abbie's Lawyer
Tiffany Paulsen
Young Mother
Jack Betts
Vernon
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