![The Next Best Thing Poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500//iYK1ZUtY4etcn91glUmrGuZRH6M.jpg)
The Next Best Thing
53.00%
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March 3, 2000
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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
Linne Radmin
Producer
Ruth Myers
Costume Design
David Lazan
Art Direction
Cast
![Madonna](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//pI6g1iVlUy7cUAZ6AspVXWq4kli.jpg)
Madonna
Abbie Reynolds
![Rupert Everett](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//g0kqfIxf9eIV7rOMQcbebsgMS9Z.jpg)
Rupert Everett
Robert Whittaker
![Benjamin Bratt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//y1yVEcSwJS8HtuQmOxk0vAvyGbH.jpg)
Benjamin Bratt
Ben Cooper
![Malcolm Stumpf](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//pCJUpgiRbmrbenVQAXPklp4twhX.jpg)
Malcolm Stumpf
Sam
![Josef Sommer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//eY3tCB4j7nWhsZX1enU6BYpaZl.jpg)
Josef Sommer
Richard Whittaker