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.

Cast

Madonna

Rupert Everett

Benjamin Bratt

Malcolm Stumpf

Josef Sommer

Suzanne Krull

Linda Larkin

Illeana Douglas

Michael Vartan

Lynn Redgrave

Neil Patrick Harris

Mark Valley