The Next Best Thing

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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Top 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

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