Next Best Thing, The

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(comedy, drama, romance)
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A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie (Madonna), the other a gay man, Robert (Rupert Everett) - 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..

actors:

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
directors:
John Schlesinger
rating:4.50

See also: Comedy: Home Alone 3

See also Comedy Mio West, Il