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Theirs may not be the perfect family -- but it is the next best thing. Abbie (Madonna) and Robert (Rupert Everett) are best friends with so much in common and miserable luck in love.
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- John Schlesinger
- PG-13
- Rupert Everett
The Next Best Thing Reviews. A glossy, ham-fisted, non-romance. Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 16, 2021. The two stars may be great pals in life, but there's little magic in...
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.
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.
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- John Schlesinger
- PG-13
- 1
Sep 20, 2023 · 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.
- (52)
- 2
- John Schlesinger
- 108 min
A rollicking ride on the Hollywood roller coaster, The Next Best Thing is a heartfelt story about a young woman searching for her own happily-ever-after in the land where dreams come true.
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THE NEXT BEST THING establishes the close friendship between straight Abby ( Madonna) and gay Robert ( Rupert Everett ). They mourn a friend lost to AIDS together. They commiserate when she's dumped by a cad. In drunken grief, they have sex (not shown) for the first and only time.