The Next Best Thing (Working Title: One-Night-Stand) is a 2000 comedy-drama film, the final film directed by John Schlesinger. It stars Rupert Everett, Madonna, and Benjamin Bratt.
Two best friends — one a heterosexual woman, Abbie (Madonna), the other a gay man, Robert (Everett) — who have a child together after a drunken one-night stand. Six years later, Abbie falls in love with a man (Bratt) and wants to move away with him and Robert's little ...
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The Next Best Thing (Working Title: One-Night-Stand) is a 2000 comedy-drama film, the final film directed by John Schlesinger. It stars Rupert Everett, Madonna, and Benjamin Bratt.
Two best friends — one a heterosexual woman, Abbie (Madonna), the other a gay man, Robert (Everett) — who have a child together after a drunken one-night stand. Six years later, Abbie falls in love with a man (Bratt) and wants to move away with him and Robert's little boy, Sam. A nasty, full-of-surprises custody battle ensues between Abbie and Robert.
The movie 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.
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