The Next Best Thing (2000)

US:: PG-13 Comedy

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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2000-03-03

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Runtime: 108 mins Revenue: $24,362,772 Budget: $25,000,000 Rating: 5.1 Tag Line: Best friends make the best mistakes

Cast

Madonna

Marilyn Monroe-Lookalike

Benjamin Bratt

Manny (voice)

Rupert Everett

as Lord Edmund St. John-Smythe

Josef Sommer

Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

Linda Larkin

Princess Jasmine (voice)

Malcolm Stumpf

Sam

Suzanne Krull

Stringy Haired Woman

Crew

Mali Finn

Casting

Elliot Davis

Director of Photography

Peter Honess

Editor

David Lazan

Art Direction

Howard Cummings

Production Design

Leslie Dixon

Producer

John Schlesinger

Director

Tom Ropelewski

Screenplay

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