The Next Best Thing

Name: The Next Best Thing
Director: John Schlesinger
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 2000-03-03
Duration: 108 min
Cast: Madonna, Rupert Everett, Benjamin Bratt, Malcolm Stumpf, Josef Sommer

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2000 · 108 min · PG-13 · Comedy · Drama · Romance · TMDB 5.2/10

Overview

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.

Directed by John Schlesinger

Cast

Madonna — Abbie Reynolds
Rupert Everett — Robert Whittaker
Benjamin Bratt — Ben Cooper
Malcolm Stumpf — Sam
Josef Sommer — Richard Whittaker