The Next Best Thing

The Next Best Thing (2000)

5.2 108 min Movie
ComedyDramaRomance

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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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
Neil Patrick Harris Neil Patrick Harris David
Mark Valley Mark Valley Cardiologist

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