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Loading... Plot. Two best friends – Abbie, a heterosexual woman, and Robert, a gay man – 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 son Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues. Cast. Madonna as Abigail "Abbie" Reynolds. Rupert Everett as Robert Whittaker.
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The Next Best Thing: Directed by John Schlesinger. With Madonna, Rupert Everett, Benjamin Bratt, Illeana Douglas. Abbie, tired of failed relationships, has a one-night-stand with her gay friend; they agree to raise the resulting baby together.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- John Schlesinger
- 2000-03-03
Mar 3, 2000 · 4 min read. “The Next Best Thing” is a garage sale of gay issues, harnessed to a plot as exhausted as a junkman’s horse. There are times when the characters don’t know if they’re living their lives or enacting edifying little dramas for an educational film.
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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.
Overview. 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.
The Next Best Thing. Abbie, a single woman (Madonna) and her best friend, Robert, a gay man (Everett), agree to parent a baby together, but when she finds true love, their friendship is split over who gets the baby. Cast: Rupert Everett, Lynn Redgrave, Illeana Douglas, Madonna , Benjamin Bratt, Michael Vartan. Director:
The Next Best Thing is a 2000 American comedy-drama film directed by John Schlesinger, which was released by Paramount Pictures on March 3, 2000. A straight woman named Abbie decides to have a child with her gay best friend, Robert which results in the birth of their son, Sam.
