MOVIE
The Next Best Thing
Best friends make the best mistakes
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
The Next Best Thing in its release era
Released in 2000, The Next Best Thing sits inside the 2000s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 2000-03-03
- Rating
- PG-13
- TMDB score
- 5.2/10
- Original language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United States of America
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Lakeshore Entertainment
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This title is available from the shared catalog, but it is not published as an index-targeted page for this specialty edition.