The Next Best Thing (2000)

03/03/2000 1h 48m

Best friends make the best mistakes

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Madonna

as Abbie Reynolds

Born 08/16/1958, age

Rupert Everett

as Robert Whittaker

Born 05/29/1959, age

Benjamin Bratt

as Ben Cooper

Born 12/16/1963, age

Malcolm Stumpf

as Sam

Born 04/26/1991, age

Josef Sommer

as Richard Whittaker

Born 06/26/1934, age

Linda Larkin

as Kelly

Born 03/20/1970, age

Illeana Douglas

as Elizabeth Ryder

Born 07/25/1961, age

Michael Vartan

as Kevin Lasater

Born 11/27/1968, age

Lynn Redgrave

as Helen Whittaker

Born 03/08/1943

Died 05/02/2010, age

Neil Patrick Harris

as David

Born 06/15/1973, age

Mark Valley

as Cardiologist

Born 12/24/1964, age

Stacy Edwards

as Finn

Born 03/04/1965, age

John Carroll Lynch

as Abbie's Lawyer

Born 08/01/1963, age

Caitlin Wachs

as Rachel

Born 03/15/1989, age