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The Next Best Thing

Comedy drama starring Madonna and Rupert Everett. Two best friends, a straight woman and a gay man, decide to raise a child together. But five years later, a custody battle ensues.

Abbie, a thirty-something yoga teacher, finds solace in the arms of her gay best friend Robert after yet another failed relationship comes to an end. On discovering her pregnancy Abbie and Robert are faced with some tough decisions about the future of their relationship, much complicated by the arrival of her gorgeous, straight Mr Right.

1 hour, 48 minutes

Last on

Thu 13 Aug 2009 00:05

Credits

Role Contributor
Abbie Reynolds Madonna Ciccone
Director John Schlesinger
Robert Whittaker Rupert Everett
Ben Cooper Benjamin Bratt
Elizabeth Ryder Illeana Douglas
David Neil Patrick Harris
Annabel Suzanne Krull
Finn Stacy Edwards
Helen Whittaker Lynn Redgrave
Richard Whittaker Josef Sommer
Sam Malcolm Stumpf
Cardiologist Mark Valley
Kevin Lasater Michael Vartan
Producer Linne Radmin
Producer Leslie Dixon

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