The Next Best Thing (2000)
Best friends make the best mistakes
- Released
- Runtime 1h 48m
- Director John Schlesinger
- Genres Comedy Drama Romance
- Rating 5.2/10 (206 votes)
Synopsis
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
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Madonna
as Abbie Reynolds
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Rupert Everett
as Robert Whittaker
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Benjamin Bratt
as Ben Cooper
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Malcolm Stumpf
as Sam
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Josef Sommer
as Richard Whittaker
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Suzanne Krull
as Annabel
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Linda Larkin
as Kelly
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Illeana Douglas
as Elizabeth Ryder
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Michael Vartan
as Kevin Lasater
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Lynn Redgrave
as Helen Whittaker
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Neil Patrick Harris
as David
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Mark Valley
as Cardiologist
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Stacy Edwards
as Finn
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John Carroll Lynch
as Abbie's Lawyer
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Fran Bennett
as Judge Tracey Bennett
- Ricki Lopez as Angel
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Tiffany Paulsen
as Young Mother
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Jack Betts
as Vernon
Crew
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John Schlesinger
Director
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Elliot Davis
Director of Photography
- Peter Honess Editor
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Gabriel Yared
Original Music Composer
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Leslie Dixon
Producer
- Linne Radmin Producer
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Tom Rosenberg
Producer
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Tom Ropelewski
Screenplay
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