The Next Best Thing

5.3 / 10

(182 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Comedy,

Drama,

Romance

Duration:

108 minutes

Year:

2000

Director:

John Schlesinger

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Company:

Paramount Pictures,

Lakeshore Entertainment

Budget:

$25,000,000

Revenue:

$24,362,772

Cast:
Madonna

Abbie Reynolds

Rupert Everett

Robert Whittaker

Benjamin Bratt

Ben Cooper

Malcolm Stumpf

Sam

Josef Sommer

Richard Whittaker

Crew:
Linne Radmin

Producer

Ruth Myers

Costume Design

Tom Ropelewski

Screenplay

Leslie Dixon

Producer

Howard Cummings

Production Design