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.
Comedy
Paramount Pictures, Lakeshore Entertainment
Madonna as Abbie Reynolds, Rupert Everett as Robert Whittaker, Benjamin Bratt as Ben Cooper, Malcolm Stumpf as Sam, Josef Sommer as Richard Whittaker, Suzanne Krull as Annabel, Linda Larkin as Kelly, Illeana Douglas as , Michael Vartan as , Lynn Redgrave as , Neil Patrick Harris as 