The Next Best Thing
MAR 3, 2000 · 108 MIN · DIR. JOHN SCHLESINGER
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
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
Crew
Screenplay
Tom Ropelewski
Director of Photography
Elliot Davis
Editor
Peter Honess
Original Music Composer
Gabriel Yared
Producer
Leslie Dixon
Producer
Linne Radmin
Producer
Tom Rosenberg
