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Film · Drama, Comedy, Romance

The Next Best Thing (2000)

★ 5.2 · 207 votesIMDb★ 4.7 · 12,178 votes1 h 48 minDrama, Comedy, Romance2000

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.

Director
John Schlesinger
Writers
Tom Ropelewski
Country
United States
Language
English
Release date
March 3, 2000

The Next Best Thing cast

  • MadonnaAbbie Reynolds
  • Rupert EverettRobert Whittaker
  • Benjamin BrattBen Cooper
  • Malcolm StumpfSam
  • Josef SommerRichard Whittaker
  • Suzanne KrullAnnabel
  • Linda LarkinKelly
  • Illeana DouglasElizabeth Ryder
  • Michael VartanKevin Lasater
  • Lynn RedgraveHelen Whittaker
  • Neil Patrick HarrisDavid
  • Mark ValleyCardiologist
  • Stacy EdwardsFinn
  • John Carroll LynchAbbie's Lawyer
  • Fran BennettJudge Tracey Bennett
  • Ricki LopezAngel
  • Tiffany PaulsenYoung Mother
  • Jack BettsVernon
  • Irene RoseenLena
  • Caitlin WachsRachel
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