The film is 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 him and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues.

• Rupert Everett
• Madonna
• Roy Redgrave
• Benjamin Bratt
• Linda Larkin
• Michael Vartan
• Josef Sommer
• Malcolm Stumpf
• Suzanne Krull

Genres:

Comedy, Drama, Family

Release date:

2000-03-03

External links:

The Next Best Thing at IMDB The Next Best Thing at Wikipedia