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The Next Best Thing

53 %|Mar 3, 2000|Comedy, Drama, Romance

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.

Featured Crew

John Schlesinger
Director
Tom Ropelewski
Screenplay
Leslie Dixon
Producer
Linne Radmin
Producer
Tom Rosenberg
Producer
Elliot Davis
Director of Photography
Peter Honess
Editor
Mali Finn
Casting

Cast

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Madonna
Abbie Reynolds
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Rupert Everett
Robert Whittaker
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Benjamin Bratt
Ben Cooper
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Josef Sommer
Richard Whittaker
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Illeana Douglas
Elizabeth Ryder
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Michael Vartan
Kevin Lasater
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Lynn Redgrave
Helen Whittaker
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Mark Valley
Cardiologist
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John Carroll Lynch
Abbie's Lawyer
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Fran Bennett
Judge Tracey Bennett
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Tiffany Paulsen
Young Mother
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Frank James
Dad at Airport
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Laurent Schwaar
Restaurant Manager
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Rebekah Hoyle
Orderly (uncredited)
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Greg Bronson
Pedestrian (uncredited)
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Lee Lucas
Party Guest #2