The Next Best Thing

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-03-03

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.7 (9025 Reviews)

Director:

John Schlesinger

Genres:

Comedy Drama Romance

Cast:

Madonna Rupert Everett Benjamin Bratt Illeana Douglas

Writer:

Tom Ropelewski

Fullplot:

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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