The Next Best Thing
• Tag Line: He was smart, handsome and single. When her biological clock was running out, he was... the next best thing.
• Director: John Schlesinger
• Writers: Tom Ropelewski
• Release Date: 3 March 2000 (USA)
• MPPA Rating: Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements, sexual content, partial nudity and language
• Parents Guide: View content advisory for parents
• Genre: Comedy | Romance
• Runtime: 108
• Awards: 1 wins & 6 nominations
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A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie (Madonna), the other a gay man, Robert (Rupert Everett) - 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.


Also Starring
• Madonna
• Rupert Everett
• Benjamin Bratt
• Illeana Douglas
• Neil Patrick Harris

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Trivia
• In the original script, Abbie worked as a swimming instructor. After reading it, Madonna decided that the character should be a yoga instructor.

• The house that Rupert Everett stays at is actually Cecil B. DeMille's old house.

• Rupert Everett's own black Labrador Moise appears as the family pet

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