IMDb
4.7 /10
12k votes


Comedy · Drama · Romance · 2000 · 1h 48min
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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Paramount Pictures
Lakeshore EntertainmentThe Next Best Thing (2000) - Movie Trailer
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IMDb
4.7 /10
12k votes
Rotten Tomatoes
The tomato isn't ripe
25 /100
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TMDB
5.2 /10
200 votes
Letterboxd
4.7 /10
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Weighted average
4.2/10