The Next Best Thing (2000)
Director
John Schlesinger
Main cast
Madonna; Rupert Everett; Benjamin Bratt; Malcolm Stumpf; Josef Sommer
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Description
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
Main cast
Madonna; Rupert Everett; Benjamin Bratt; Malcolm Stumpf; Josef Sommer
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Description
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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