The Next Best Thing (2000)
Rating: 5.3/10
Duration: 108 min
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance,
Director(s): John Schlesinger,
Description:
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.
Cast
- Neil Patrick Harris as David
- Rupert Everett as Robert Whittaker
- Benjamin Bratt as Ben Cooper
- Josef Sommer as Richard Whittaker
- Madonna as Abbie Reynolds
- Malcolm Stumpf as Sam
- Suzanne Krull as Annabel
- Linda Larkin as Kelly
- Illeana Douglas as Elizabeth Ryder
- Michael Vartan as Kevin Lasater
- Lynn Redgrave as Helen Whittaker
- Mark Valley as Cardiologist
- Stacy Edwards as Finn
- John Carroll Lynch as Abbie's Lawyer
- Fran Bennett as Judge Tracey Bennett