Watch The Next Best Thing (2000) Free Online

Release Date: 2000

Cast: Neil Patrick Harris, Madonna, Stacy Edwards, Rupert Everett, Mark Valley, Josef Sommer, John Carroll Lynch, Lynn Redgrave, Michael Vartan, Illeana Douglas, Benjamin Bratt

Categories: Movies, LGBT, Comedy, Romance Film, Melodrama, Comedy-drama

The Next Best Thing is a 2000 American comedy-drama film, the final film directed by John Schlesinger. It stars Madonna, Rupert Everett, and Benjamin Bratt. It was a critical and commercial failure. The film is 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 him and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues. The film was a critical and commercial flop. Madonna won a Razzie Award for Worst Actress,... MORE

The Next Best Thing is a 2000 American comedy-drama film, the final film directed by John Schlesinger. It stars Madonna, Rupert Everett, and Benjamin Bratt. It was a critical and commercial failure. The film is 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 him and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues. The film was a critical and commercial flop. Madonna won a Razzie Award for Worst Actress, and the film was nominated for other Razzies including Worst Director, Worst Picture and Worst Screenplay. Critic Roger Ebert gave the movie one star, stating: "The Next Best Thing is a garage sale of gay issues, harnessed to a plot as exhausted as a junkman's horse." It was nominated as Outstanding Film at the 2001 GLAAD Media Awards; losing out to Billy Elliot. The film opened at #2 at the North American box office making $5,870,387 USD, behind The Whole Nine Yards. The Next Best Thing' is a soundtrack album released by Maverick Records on February 21, 2000. It was released to accompany and promote the LESS