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The Next Best Thing(2000)
Status: Released
Date: 2000-03-03
53%
190 Votes
Time: 1h 48m
Best friends make the best mistakes
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.
Languages: English, French.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $25,000,000.00
Revenue: $24,362,772.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Next Best Thing
Top 10 Billed Cast
Madonna
Abbie Reynolds
Rupert Everett
Robert Whittaker
Benjamin Bratt
Ben Cooper
Malcolm Stumpf
Sam
Josef Sommer
Richard Whittaker
Suzanne Krull
Annabel
Linda Larkin
Kelly
Illeana Douglas
Elizabeth Ryder
Michael Vartan
Kevin Lasater
Lynn Redgrave
Helen Whittaker
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