The Next Best Thing

The Next Best Thing (2000)

Best friends make the best mistakes

  • Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 2000-03-03
  • User Rating: 5.3/10 from 194 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 48min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: John Schlesinger
star 5.3/10
From 194 Ratings

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Summary

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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  • Madonna

    as Abbie Reynolds

  • Rupert Everett

    as Robert Whittaker

  • Benjamin Bratt

    as Ben Cooper

  • Malcolm Stumpf

    as Sam

  • Josef Sommer

    as Richard Whittaker

  • Suzanne Krull

    as Annabel

  • Linda Larkin

    as Kelly

  • Illeana Douglas

    as Elizabeth Ryder

  • Michael Vartan

    as Kevin Lasater

  • Lynn Redgrave

    as Helen Whittaker

  • Neil Patrick Harris

    as David

  • Mark Valley

    as Cardiologist

  • Stacy Edwards

    as Finn

  • John Carroll Lynch

    as Abbie's Lawyer

  • Fran Bennett

    as Judge Tracey Bennett

  • Ricki Lopez

    as Angel

  • Tiffany Paulsen

    as Young Mother

  • Jack Betts

    as Vernon

  • Irene Roseen

    as Lena

  • Caitlin Wachs

    as Rachel

  • Jessica Sara

    as Kid #3

  • Kimberley Davies

    as Hostess

  • Laurent Schwaar

    as Restaurant Manager

  • Rebekah Hoyle

    as Orderly (uncredited)

  • Greg Bronson

    as Pedestrian (uncredited)

  • Colton Ford

    as Glen

  • Lee Lucas

    as Party Guest #2

  • Frank James

    as Dad at Airport

  • Benjamin Koldyke

    as Kelly's Boyfriend
Production Leslie Dixon Producer
Camera Elliot Davis Director of Photography
Production Tom Rosenberg Producer
Art David Lazan Art Direction
Production Mali Finn Casting
Art Howard Cummings Production Design
Directing John Schlesinger Director
Art Jan K. Bergstrom Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Ruth Myers Costume Design
Production Linne Radmin Producer
Writing Tom Ropelewski Screenplay
Editing Peter Honess Editor
Sound Dave Jordan Music Supervisor
Production Gary Lucchesi Executive Producer
Production Marcus Viscidi Co-Producer
Production Lewis Manilow Executive Producer
Production Ted Tannebaum Executive Producer
Production Meredith Zamsky Associate Producer
Production Richard S. Wright Co-Producer
Sound Gabriel Yared Original Music Composer

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