The Next Best Thing
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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.... (Full plot summary below)

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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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Radio Free Entertainment - 9/10 by Andrew ManningA well-executed character study populated with substantial characters, excellent performances, and an understanding of tragic human nature.
Salon.com - 9/10 by Stephanie ZacharekTakes so many wrong turns it's barely an also-ran. It isn't the next best thing at all. Not even close.
culturevulture.net - 8/10 by Arthur LazereThe filmgoer seeking a more credible or profound exploration of the subject matter will be disappointed.
ReelViews - 8/10 by James BerardinelliUltimately, the film works because Schlesinger handles the comedy-to-drama transition with skill.
New York Daily News - 8/10 by Jami BernardNot even Rupert Everett is able to breathe life into soapy Thing.
Mr. Showbiz - 7/10 by F. X. FeeneyThe two leads have a wonderful chemistry together.
Combustible Celluloid - 7/10 by Jeffrey M. AndersonThe very first scene in the new Madonna movie The Next Best Thing stumbles and the movie never recovers.
Chicago Tribune - 6/10 by Michael WilmingtonAll too obvious, all too easy, the sort of tongue-in-chic L.A. comedy that mistakes glibness for high style, heartfelt pop choruses for wisdom.
Mr. Showbiz - 6/10 by F.X. FeeneyThe two leads have a wonderful chemistry together.
Oregonian - 6/10 by Shawn LevyA resolutely awful film, it makes you want to swear off sex, comedy, Rupert Everett movies, flowers, yoga, children, roast beef -- many of the best things in life, in fact.

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