The Next Best Thing

Name: The Next Best Thing
Director: John Schlesinger
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 2000-03-03
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Madonna, Rupert Everett, Benjamin Bratt, Malcolm Stumpf, Josef Sommer

Best friends make the best mistakes

4.7

19%Tomatometer

25

Metascore

5.2

TMDb

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.

DirectorJohn Schlesinger

Budget$25M

Box Office$24M

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.

DirectorJohn Schlesinger

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