The Next Best Thing
"Best friends make the best mistakes"
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.
About The Next Best Thing (2000)
Released in 2000, The Next Best Thing is a comedy, drama and romance film from Paramount Pictures (United States of America). It was directed by John Schlesinger and written by Tom Ropelewski. The cast is led by Madonna, Rupert Everett, Benjamin Bratt, Malcolm Stumpf and Josef Sommer. With a runtime of 1h 48m, the film averages 5.2/10 across 206 TMDB ratings. It was made on a budget of $25,000,000 and went on to gross $24,362,772 worldwide.
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