The Next Best Thing

2000 · directed by John Schlesinger

Rating

39/100

Hit

no

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.

The Next Best Thing (2000), directed by John Schlesinger, rates 39/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Madonna
• Rupert Everett
• Benjamin Bratt
• Malcolm Stumpf
• Josef Sommer
• Suzanne Krull
• Linda Larkin
• Illeana Douglas
• Michael Vartan
• Lynn Redgrave

Crew

• Elliot Davis — Director of Photography
• Peter Honess — Editor
• Gabriel Yared — Original Music Composer
• Tom Ropelewski — Screenplay

More from John Schlesinger

1. Midnight Cowboy (1969) — 94/100 · hit
2. A Kind of Loving (1962) — 80/100 · hit
3. Billy Liar (1963) — 77/100
4. Cold Comfort Farm (1995) — 75/100
5. Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) — 74/100
6. Marathon Man (1976) — 73/100

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