The Next Best Thing
The Next Best Thing

The Next Best Thing

Best friends make the best mistakes

5.3(192 votes)
2000
1h 48m
Comedy
Drama
Romance

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.

Production

Paramount Pictures, Lakeshore Entertainment

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

Linda Larkin

Linda Larkin

Kelly

Illeana Douglas

Illeana Douglas

Elizabeth Ryder

Michael Vartan

Michael Vartan

Kevin Lasater

Lynn Redgrave

Lynn Redgrave

Helen Whittaker

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