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The Next Best Thing

Title
The Next Best Thing (2024)
The Next Best Thing
Year
2024
Catalog
Genre
IMDB
Rating
5.1 from 10 with total 112 votes
Premiere
2000-03-03
Runtime
108 minutes
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.
Cast

Madonna character Abbie Reynolds

Rupert Everett character Robert Whittaker

Benjamin Bratt character Ben Cooper

Malcolm Stumpf character Sam

Josef Sommer character Richard Whittaker

Suzanne Krull character Annabel

Linda Larkin character Kelly

Illeana Douglas character Elizabeth Ryder

Michael Vartan character Kevin Lasater

Lynn Redgrave character Helen Whittaker

Neil Patrick Harris character David

Mark Valley character Cardiologist

Stacy Edwards character Finn

John Carroll Lynch character Abbie's Lawyer

Fran Bennett character Judge Tracey Bennett

Ricki Lopez character Angel

Tiffany Paulsen character Young Mother

Jack Betts character Vernon

Irene Roseen character Lena

Frank James character Dad at Airport

Caitlin Wachs character Rachel

Jessica Sara character Kid #3

Kimberley Davies character Hostess (as Kimberly Davies)

Laurent Schwaar character Restaurant Manager

Rebekah Hoyle character Orderly (uncredited)

Greg Bronson character Pedestrian (uncredited)