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The Next Best Thing

2000
Directed byJohn Schlesinger
1h 48m

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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MadonnaAbbie ReynoldsRupert EverettRobert WhittakerBenjamin Bratt
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Ben Cooper
Malcolm StumpfSam
Josef SommerRichard Whittaker
Suzanne KrullAnnabel
Linda LarkinKelly
Illeana DouglasElizabeth Ryder
Michael VartanKevin Lasater
Lynn RedgraveHelen Whittaker
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ComedyDramaRomance
STATUSReleased
RATING
5.2

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