The Next Best Thing
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2000-03-03
Runtime: 108 mins
Director: John Schlesinger
Spoken language: English, Français
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original title: The Next Best Thing
Production Companies: Paramount Pictures, Lakeshore Entertainment
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Madonna
Rupert Everett
Benjamin Bratt
Malcolm Stumpf
Josef Sommer
Suzanne Krull
Linda Larkin
Illeana Douglas
Michael Vartan
Lynn Redgrave
Neil Patrick Harris
Mark Valley
Stacy Edwards
John Carroll Lynch
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