The Next Best Thing

Name: The Next Best Thing
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 2000-03-03
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Cast: Madonna, Rupert Everett, Benjamin Bratt, Malcolm Stumpf

2000 · 1h 48m · Comedy, Drama, Romance · United States of America · Rated PG-13 (US)

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.

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John Schlesinger

Written by

Tom Ropelewski

Starring

Madonna, Rupert Everett, Benjamin Bratt, Malcolm Stumpf

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