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The Next Best Thing
5.3
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1h 48m
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2000
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Released
Overview
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
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Madonna
Abbie Reynolds
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Rupert Everett
Robert Whittaker
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Benjamin Bratt
Ben Cooper
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Malcolm Stumpf
Sam
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Josef Sommer
Richard Whittaker
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Suzanne Krull
Annabel
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Linda Larkin
Kelly
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Illeana Douglas
Elizabeth Ryder
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Michael Vartan
Kevin Lasater
Lynn Redgrave poster
Lynn Redgrave
Helen Whittaker
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Neil Patrick Harris
David
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Mark Valley
Cardiologist
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Stacy Edwards
Finn
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John Carroll Lynch
Abbie's Lawyer
Fran Bennett poster
Fran Bennett
Judge Tracey Bennett
Ricki Lopez poster
Ricki Lopez
Angel
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Tiffany Paulsen
Young Mother
Jack Betts poster
Jack Betts
Vernon
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Irene Roseen
Lena
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Caitlin Wachs
Rachel

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