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The Next Best Thing
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.
5.2
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200 votes
“Best friends make the best mistakes”
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The Next Best Thing (2000) - Movie Trailer
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- Mar 3, 2000
- 1h 48m
- English
- John Schlesinger
- Tom Ropelewski
- Released
- $25.0M
- $24.4M
