The Next Best Thing

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Synopsis: Best buddies Abbie (Madonna), a heterosexual yoga instructor, and Robert (Rupert Everett), a gay landscaper, cope with failed relationships, the approach of middle age, and the AIDS-related death of a mutual friend by sticking together as a "family ......; Read Full Synopsis

Starring: Rupert Everett, Madonna, Benjamin Bratt, Michael Vartan, Josef Sommer

Director(s): John Schlesinger

Distributor(s): Paramount

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 108 min.

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USA Today | Susan Wloszczyna

Funny how Madonna borrows Everett, Julia Roberts' gay pal from "My Best Friend's Wedding," and Bratt, Roberts' real-life beau, to be her co-stars. If only she could borrow her talent.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Steve Daly

(Madonna is) clearly full of good intentions; too bad she's lacking discernible emotions.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Jay Carr

Never having decided whether it wants to be comedy or a sentimental hand-wringer, it tries to be both and winds up being neither.Read the full review

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