The Next Best Thing is a 2000 American comedy-drama film, the final film directed by John Schlesinger. It stars Madonna, Rupert Everett, and Benjamin Bratt. It was a critical and commercial failure.
Plot[]
Abbie (Madonna) and Robert (Rupert Everett) are very good friends, many years ago. The couple would be ideal if it weren't for the fact that Robert is gay. But a night of drinks they have sex and she becomes pregnant. Abbie and Robert decided to face this new situation by sharing home as a traditional family, but without joining legally. This particular way of being parents is going very well until his son is serving a six-year. When Abbie is then begins to date with a man. For Robert this is an intrusion into their lives. Because nothing will be as before.
Cast[]
- Madonna as Abbie Reynolds
- Rupert Everett as Robert Whittaker
- Benjamin Bratt as Ben Cooper
- Michael Vartan as Kevin Lasater
- Josef Sommer as Richard Whittaker
- Lynn Redgrave as Helen Whittaker
- Malcolm Stumpf as Sam
- Neil Patrick Harris as David
- Illeana Douglas as Elizabeth Ryder
- Mark Valley as Cardiologist
- Suzanne Krull as Annabel
- Stacy Edwards as Finn
- William Mesnik as Ashley