The Next Best Thing
“Best friends make the best mistakes”
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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Cast
29 people
Madonna
Abbie Reynolds
Known for
Arthur and the Invisibles
Evita
Rupert Everett
Robert Whittaker
Known for
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Shrek 2
Benjamin Bratt
Ben Cooper
Known for
Coco
Despicable Me 2
Malcolm Stumpf
Sam
Also in
Wild Tigers I Have Known
Josef Sommer
Richard Whittaker
Known for
Witness
Patch Adams
Suzanne Krull
Annabel
Known for
Go
Rudderless
Linda Larkin
Kelly
Known for
Aladdin
Aladdin
Illeana Douglas
Elizabeth Ryder
Known for
Stir of Echoes
Ghost World
Michael Vartan
Kevin Lasater
Known for
Alias
Colombiana
Lynn Redgrave
Helen Whittaker
Known for
Peter Pan
Spider
Neil Patrick Harris
David
Known for
How I Met Your Mother
Gone Girl
Mark Valley
Cardiologist
Known for
Fringe
Boston Legal
John Schlesinger Director · Tom Ropelewski Screenplay Gabriel Yared Composer
Worldwide gross $24M · Budget $25M · United States release March 3, 2000
Box office
Budget
$25,000,000
Worldwide gross
$24,362,772
Gross vs. budget
1.0×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Lakeshore Entertainment
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · March 3, 2000
Theatrical
Czechia
June 1, 2000 · Theatrical
Italy
April 14, 2000 · Theatrical
Poland
June 29, 2000 · Theatrical
Switzerland
August 10, 2000 · Digital
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