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The Next Best Thing

Best friends make the best mistakes

2000★ 5.3 · 2021h 48mComedyDramaRomance

Overview

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

Benjamin Bratt
as Ben Cooper

Madonna
as Abbie Reynolds

Neil Patrick Harris
as David

John Carroll Lynch
as Abbie's Lawyer

Illeana Douglas
as Elizabeth Ryder

Rupert Everett
as Robert Whittaker

Josef Sommer
as Richard Whittaker

Mark Valley
as Cardiologist

Lynn Redgrave
as Helen Whittaker

Michael Vartan
as Kevin Lasater

Stacy Edwards
as Finn

Linda Larkin
as Kelly

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5.3/ 10

202 TMDB votes

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Release date: 2000-03-03

Budget: $25,000,000

Revenue: $24,362,772

Runtime: 1h 48m

Genres

ComedyDramaRomance

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