The Next Best Thing (2000)
Best friends make the best mistakes
108 min
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.
- Release date
- March 3, 2000
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $25,000,000
- Box office
- $24,362,772
Trailer
Cast
- Madonna as Abbie Reynolds
- Rupert Everett as Robert Whittaker
- Benjamin Bratt as Ben Cooper
- Illeana Douglas as Elizabeth Ryder
- Michael Vartan as Kevin Lasater
- Josef Sommer as Richard Whittaker
- Malcolm Stumpf as Sam
- Lynn Redgrave as Helen Whittaker
- Neil Patrick Harris as David
- Mark Valley as Cardiologist
Crew
- John Schlesinger · Director
- Tom Ropelewski · Writer
- Leslie Dixon · Producer
- Linne Radmin · Producer
- Tom Rosenberg · Producer
- Elliot Davis · Cinematographer
- Peter Honess · Editor
- Mali Finn · Casting director
- Howard Cummings · Production designer