The Next Best Thing
2000/03/03 (US) | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
John Schlesinger
Director
Tom Ropelewski
Screenplay
Lead 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
Budget
$ 25,000,000
Revenue
$ 24,362,772
Status
Released
Production Company
- Paramount Pictures
- Lakeshore Entertainment
Crews
Linne Radmin
Producer
Howard Cummings
Production Design
Leslie Dixon
Producer
Peter Honess
Editor
David Lazan
Art Direction
Tom Rosenberg
Producer
Mali Finn
Casting
Elliot Davis
Director of Photography