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The Next Best Thing was released on March 3, 2000.
The Next Best Thing was directed by John Schlesinger.
The Next Best Thing has a runtime of 1h 48m.
The Next Best Thing was produced by Linne Radmin, Leslie Dixon, Tom Rosenberg.
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.
The key characters in The Next Best Thing are Abbie Reynolds (Madonna), Robert Whittaker (Rupert Everett), Ben Cooper (Benjamin Bratt).
The Next Best Thing is rated PG-13.
The Next Best Thing is a Comedy, Drama, Romance film.
The Next Best Thing has an audience rating of 3.5 out of 10.
The Next Best Thing had a budget of $25M.
The Next Best Thing has made $24.4M at the box office.