The Next Best Thing

Directed by John Schlesinger
PG-13
2000    1h 48mComedy, Drama,
4.719%35%
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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  • MadonnaAbbie Reynolds
  • Rupert EverettRobert Whittaker
  • Benjamin BrattBen Cooper
  • Malcolm StumpfSam
  • Josef SommerRichard Whittaker
  • Suzanne KrullAnnabel
  • Linda LarkinKelly
  • Illeana DouglasElizabeth Ryder
  • Michael VartanKevin Lasater
  • Lynn RedgraveHelen Whittaker
  • Neil Patrick HarrisDavid
  • Mark ValleyCardiologist
  • Stacy EdwardsFinn
  • John Carroll LynchAbbie's Lawyer
  • Fran BennettJudge Tracey Bennett
  • Ricki LopezAngel
  • Tiffany PaulsenYoung Mother
  • Jack BettsVernon
  • Irene RoseenLena
  • Caitlin WachsRachel
  • Jessica SaraKid #3
  • Kimberley DaviesHostess
  • Laurent SchwaarRestaurant Manager
  • Rebekah HoyleOrderly (uncredited)
  • Greg BronsonPedestrian (uncredited)
  • Colton FordGlen
  • Lee LucasParty Guest #2
  • Frank JamesDad at Airport
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