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The Next Best Thing(2000)

Best friends make the best mistakes

5.3(202)1h 48m2000-03-03

ComedyDramaRomance

Overview

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.

Director:: John Schlesinger
Writers:: Tom Ropelewski
Producers:: Leslie Dixon, Tom Rosenberg, Linne Radmin
Cinematographer:: Elliot Davis
Composer:: Gabriel Yared
Production:: Paramount Pictures, Lakeshore Entertainment
Budget:: $25,000,000
Revenue:: $24,362,772
Status:: Released

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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

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