The Next Best Thing
Best friends make the best mistakes
Director John Schlesinger
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.
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Cast
Jessica Sara
Kid #3
Colton Ford
Glen
Rupert Everett
Robert Whittaker
Josef Sommer
Richard Whittaker
Benjamin Bratt
Ben Cooper
Fran Bennett
Judge Tracey Bennett
Benjamin Koldyke
Kelly's Boyfriend
Laurent Schwaar
Restaurant Manager
Mark Valley
Cardiologist
John Carroll Lynch
Abbie's Lawyer
Suzanne Krull
Annabel
Michael Vartan
Kevin Lasater
Neil Patrick Harris
David
Tiffany Paulsen
Young Mother
Kimberley Davies
Hostess
Rebekah Hoyle
Orderly (uncredited)
Greg Bronson
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Madonna
Abbie Reynolds
Malcolm Stumpf
Sam
Linda Larkin
Kelly
Jack Betts
Vernon
Irene Roseen
Lena
Caitlin Wachs
Rachel
Illeana Douglas
Elizabeth Ryder
Stacy Edwards
Finn
Lynn Redgrave
Helen Whittaker