Lakeshore Entertainment
Paramount Pictures
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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.
- Original title
- The Next Best Thing
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $25,000,000
- Revenue
- $24,362,772
Madonna
Abbie Reynolds
Rupert Everett
Robert Whittaker
Benjamin Bratt
Ben Cooper
Malcolm Stumpf
Sam
Josef Sommer
Richard Whittaker
Suzanne Krull
Annabel
Linda Larkin
Kelly
Illeana Douglas
Elizabeth Ryder
Michael Vartan
Kevin Lasater
Lynn Redgrave
Helen Whittaker
Neil Patrick Harris
David
Mark Valley
Cardiologist
Stacy Edwards
Finn
John Carroll Lynch
Abbie's Lawyer
Fran Bennett
Judge Tracey Bennett
Tiffany Paulsen
Young Mother
Jack Betts
Vernon
Irene Roseen
Lena
Caitlin Wachs
Rachel
Jessica Sara
Kid #3
Kimberley Davies
Hostess
Laurent Schwaar
Restaurant Manager
Rebekah Hoyle
Orderly (uncredited)
Greg Bronson
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Colton Ford
Glen
Benjamin Koldyke
Kelly's Boyfriend
Elliot Davis
Director of Photography
John Schlesinger
Director
Meredith Zamsky
Associate Producer
Marcus Viscidi
Co-Producer
Gary Lucchesi
Executive Producer
Leslie Dixon
Producer
Tom Rosenberg
Producer
Dave Jordan
Music Supervisor
Gabriel Yared
Original Music Composer
Tom Ropelewski
Screenplay
Dude...We're Going to Rio
Pulp Fiction
Heat
Monsters, Inc.
Dog Day Afternoon
Mulholland Drive
Finding Neverland
Together
All of This Is Gone
Holidate
Antonia's Line
Sleepless in Seattle
The Bodyguard
Effi Briest
Crash
Meet the Fockers
Fat Girl
The Jazz Singer
Breathless
The Flintstones
Fatherhood
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Stepmom
Irreplaceable You
Daddy's Little Girls
A California Christmas: City Lights
Is This Thing On?
A California Christmas
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Celeste & Jesse Forever
Waiting to Exhale
My Own Love Song
Laggies
Chéri
She's Having a Baby
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Nothing in Common
He Said, She Said
Young Adult
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Mar 3, 2000
