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Mar 3, 2000 · If you think this movie, which begins as a sexual comedy, is going to end up as a stultifying docudrama about child custody, with big courtroom scenes before the obligatory stern black female judge, you are no more than ordinarily prescient.
The Next Best Thing is a 2000 American comedy-drama film directed by John Schlesinger (his final feature film before his death in 2003) about two best friends who have a child together and a custody battle years after.
Mar 3, 2000 · Near the end of the film, when Robert is talking to Ben across the street of Sam's school, Robert's head keeps changing positions between shots. In one shot he is looking toward Ben and in another shot he is looking at the school, then it goes back to the other shot when hes looking at Ben.
- (12K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- John Schlesinger
- 2000-03-03
Mar 3, 2000 · But things end with all-around rapprochement. Vet helmer John Schlesinger treats the story mutedly, which helps keep matters from getting too maudlin.
Dec 1, 2014 · The Next Best Thing ended up being John Schlesinger’s final movie. He was admitted to a hospital by year’s end of 1999, had a stroke in December 2000, and finally passed away in 2003.
Mar 3, 2000 · In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Abbie (Madonna) and Robert (Rupert Everett) are best friends with so much in common and miserable luck in love. They would make the perfect couple, but one thing ...
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- Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+
- PG-13
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The Next Best Thing is a 2000 American comedy-drama film directed about two best friends who have a child together and a custody battle years after, and was the final film directed by John Schlesinger.
