About The Next Best Thing
- Released on March 03, 2000
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.
Full Cast of The Next Best Thing
Madonna plays Abbie Reynolds
Rupert Everett plays Robert Whittaker
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Josef Sommer plays Richard Whittaker
Suzanne Krull plays Annabel
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Illeana Douglas plays Elizabeth Ryder
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Ricki Lopez plays Angel
Tiffany Paulsen plays Young Mother
Jack Betts plays Vernon
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Caitlin Wachs plays Rachel
Jessica Sara plays Kid #3
Kimberley Davies plays Hostess
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Rebekah Hoyle plays Orderly (uncredited)
Greg Bronson plays Pedestrian (uncredited)
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Lee Lucas plays Party Guest #2
Crew of The Next Best Thing
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- Madonna
- Rupert Everett
- Benjamin Bratt
- Malcolm Stumpf
- Josef Sommer
- Suzanne Krull
- Linda Larkin
- Illeana Douglas
- Michael Vartan
- Lynn Redgrave
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Mark Valley
- Stacy Edwards
- John Carroll Lynch
- Fran Bennett
- Ricki Lopez
- Tiffany Paulsen
- Jack Betts
- Irene Roseen
- Frank James
- Caitlin Wachs
- Jessica Sara
- Kimberley Davies
- Laurent Schwaar
- Rebekah Hoyle
- Greg Bronson
- Colton Ford
- Lee Lucas