The Next Best Thing
Best friends make the best mistakes
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.
- Year: 2000
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Studio: Paramount Pictures, Lakeshore Entertainment
- Keyword: parent child relationship, custody battle, flush, yoga, single, best friend, los angeles, california, single father, co-parenting
- Director: John Schlesinger
- Cast: Madonna, Rupert Everett, Benjamin Bratt, Malcolm Stumpf, Josef Sommer, Suzanne Krull