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The Next Best Thing

Best friends make the best mistakes
Mar 3, 2000 · 1h 48m
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Comedy
Drama
Romance

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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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CAST

Madonna
Abbie Reynolds
Rupert Everett
Robert Whittaker
Benjamin Bratt
Ben Cooper
Malcolm Stumpf
Sam
Josef Sommer
Richard Whittaker
Suzanne Krull
Annabel
Linda Larkin
Kelly
Illeana Douglas
Elizabeth Ryder
Directed by John Schlesinger

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$25,000,000
Revenue
$24,362,772
Production
Paramount Pictures, Lakeshore Entertainment
Country
US

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