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.
Movie Details
Budget
$25.0M
$25,000,000
Revenue
$24.4M
$24,362,772
Languages
English
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Studio
Paramount Pictures
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Key Crew
John Schlesinger
Director
Tom Ropelewski
Screenplay
Leslie Dixon
Producer
Tom Rosenberg
Producer
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
Cardiologist
Stacy Edwards
Finn
John Carroll Lynch
Abbie's Lawyer
Fran Bennett
Judge Tracey Bennett
Ricki Lopez
Angel
Tiffany Paulsen
Young Mother
Jack Betts
Vernon
Irene Roseen
Lena
Caitlin Wachs
Rachel
