The Next Best Thing
movie
Best friends make the best mistakes
Released March 03, 2000
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.
Cast
Madonna
as
Abbie Reynolds
Rupert Everett
as
Robert Whittaker
Benjamin Bratt
as
Ben Cooper
Malcolm Stumpf
as
Sam
Josef Sommer
as
Richard Whittaker
Suzanne Krull
as
Annabel
Linda Larkin
as
Kelly
Illeana Douglas
as
Elizabeth Ryder
Michael Vartan
as
Kevin Lasater
Lynn Redgrave
as
Helen Whittaker
Neil Patrick Harris
as
David
Mark Valley
as
Cardiologist
Crew
John Schlesinger
as
Director
Tom Ropelewski
as
Screenplay
Leslie Dixon
as
Producer
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Linne Radmin
as
Producer
Tom Rosenberg
as
Producer
Elliot Davis
as
Director of Photography
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Peter Honess
as
Editor
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Mali Finn
as
Casting
Howard Cummings
as
Production Design
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David Lazan
as
Art Direction
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Jan K. Bergstrom
as
Set Decoration
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Ruth Myers
as
Costume Design