The Next Best Thing

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.

Directed by John Schlesinger

Top 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

Neil Patrick Harris

David

Mark Valley

Cardiologist

Stacy Edwards

Finn

John Carroll Lynch

Abbie's Lawyer

Fran Bennett

Judge Tracey Bennett

R

Ricki Lopez

Angel

Tiffany Paulsen

Young Mother

Jack Betts

Vernon

Irene Roseen

Lena

Caitlin Wachs

Rachel

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