The Next Best Thing
- Released on
Comedy, Drama, Romance
•- Runtime
- 108 mins
(187 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.
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.
Cast
- Madonna
- Rupert Everett
- Benjamin Bratt
- Malcolm Stumpf
- Josef Sommer
- Suzanne Krull
- Linda Larkin
- Illeana Douglas
- Michael Vartan
- Lynn Redgrave
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Mark Valley
- Stacy Edwards
- John Carroll Lynch
- Fran Bennett
- Ricki Lopez
- Tiffany Paulsen
- Jack Betts
- Irene Roseen
- Caitlin Wachs
- Jessica Sara
- Kimberley Davies
- Laurent Schwaar
- Rebekah Hoyle
- Greg Bronson
- Colton Ford
- Lee Lucas
- Frank James
Director
- John Schlesinger
Producers
- Leslie Dixon
- Linne Radmin
- Tom Rosenberg
Screenwriter
- Tom Ropelewski