The Next Best Thing is a 2000 American comedy-drama film directed about two best friends that have a child together and a custody battle years after, and was the final film directed by John Schlesinger. Starring Madonna, Rupert Everett, and Benjamin Bratt, it opened to the number-two position in the North American box office despite its poor reviews.
- Starring : Madonna
- Genre : Comedy / Drama / Romance
- Country : United States
- Language : English / French
- Director : John Schlesinger
- Production : Lakeshore Entertainment / Paramount Pictures
- Distributor : Buena Vista International / Paramount Pictures / 102 Distribution / Aquarius TV / Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Concorde Home Entertainment / Gativideo / Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) / New Films International / Odeon / Rainboworld Entertainment
The Next Best Thing movie
The Next Best Thing release date
- March 3, 2000 : USA
- April 13, 2000 : Singapore
- May 18, 2000 : Australia
- June 1, 2000 : Israel
- June 1, 2000 : Philippines (Davao)
- June 17, 2000 : Japan
- June 23, 2000 : UK
- June 23, 2000 : Ireland
- June 25, 2000 : Germany (Filmfest München)
- July 5, 2000 : France
- July 5, 2000 : Sweden
- July 21, 2000 : Spain
- August 10, 2000 : Switzerland (German speaking region)
- August 10, 2000 : Germany
The Next Best Thing 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
- Suzanne Krull as Annabel
- Stacy Edwards as Finn
- John Carroll Lynch as Abbie’s Lawyer
- Fran Bennett as Judge Tracey Bennett
- Ricki Lopez as Angel
Two best friends – a heterosexual woman, Abbie, and a gay man, Robert – decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a heterosexual man and wants to move away with him and Robert’s little boy, Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues.
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