The Next Best Thing

1h 48m 2000 Comedy, Drama, Romance United States of America

Budget: $25,000,000 Revenue: $24,362,772

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.

Director

John Schlesinger

Writer

Tom Ropelewski

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