The Next Best Thing

The Next Best Thing

2000
★★★☆☆ 5.3/10
⏱️ 108 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
ComedyDramaRomance
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.

Cast

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

Crew

Director
John Schlesinger
Writer
Tom Ropelewski
Producer
Leslie Dixon, Linne Radmin, Tom Rosenberg

Production

Paramount Pictures, Lakeshore Entertainment

Keywords

parent child relationshipcustody battleflushyogasinglebest friendlos angeles, californiasingle fatherco-parenting