The Next Best Thing

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Madonna Abbie Reynolds

Rupert Everett Robert Whittaker

Benjamin Bratt Ben Cooper

Malcolm Stumpf Sam

Josef Sommer Richard Whittaker