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The Next Best Thing

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
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