The Next Best Thing
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.
At a glance
Countries
United States of America
Ratings
TMDB users
5.2/10
199 votes
IMDb
4.7/10
Users
Critics
19%Rotten Tomatoes
25Metacritic
Rating consensus
36/100 blend
Sources: TMDB · IMDb · Rotten Tomatoes · Metacritic
Cooler blended reception — weighted ~36/100 across 4 rating sources. Expect some divergence between critics and crowds.
Cast
Madonna
Abbie Reynolds
Rupert Everett
Robert Whittaker
Benjamin Bratt
Ben Cooper
Malcolm Stumpf
Sam
Josef Sommer
Richard Whittaker
Suzanne Krull
Annabel
Linda Larkin
Kelly
Illeana Douglas
Elizabeth Ryder
Michael Vartan
Kevin Lasater
Lynn Redgrave
Helen Whittaker
Neil Patrick Harris
David
Mark Valley
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The Next Best Thing (2000)
John Schlesinger
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