The Next Best Thing
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| Directed by | John Schlesinger |
| Produced by | Leslie Dixon Linne Radmin Tom Rosenberg Marcus Viscidi Richard S. Wright - Associate Producer - Meredith Zamsky - Executive Producer - Gary Lucchesi Lewis Manilow Ted Tannebaum |
| Written by | Tom Ropelewski |
| Starring | Rupert Everett Madonna Benjamin Bratt Neil Patrick Harris |
| Cinematography | Elliot Davis |
| Editing by | Peter Honess |
| Distributed by | - USA - Paramount Pictures - non-USA - Touchstone Pictures |
| Release date(s) | March 3, 2000 |
| Running time | 108 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English / French |
| Budget | $25,000,000 (estimated) |
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The Next Best Thing is a 2000 comedy-drama film directed by John Schlesinger starring Rupert Everett, Madonna, and Benjamin Bratt.
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[edit] Plot
The film is about two best friends—one a straight woman, Abbie (Madonna), the other a gay man, Robert (Everett)—who decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a straight man (Bratt) and wants to move away with him and Robert's little boy, Sam, and a nasty, full-of-surprises custody battle ensues.
[edit] Reception
The film was a critical and commercial disappointment. Madonna won a Razzie award for worst actress, and the film was nomimated for other Razzies including Worst Director, Worst Picture and Worst Screenplay. Critic Roger Ebert gave the film 1 Star, stating: "The Next Best Thing is a garage sale of gay issues, harnessed to a plot as exhausted as a junkman's horse." [1]. Although considered a disappointment; the film managed to earn back its $25 million budget with a U.S. gross of $15 million and more than $9 million worldwide.
It was nominated as Outstanding Film at the 2001 GLAAD Media Awards; losing out to Billy Elliot.
[edit] Soundtrack
The Next Best Thing: Music from the Motion Picture is a soundtrack including two songs by singer Madonna (American Pie and Time Stood Still).
[edit] Trivia
- Originally, Abbie was written to be a swimming instructor. However, Madonna, herself a yoga fanatic, requested that Abbie become a yoga instructor.
- Rupert Everett's house in the film is actually famous director Cecil B. DeMille's old house. [2]
- There is no mention in the promotion or trailer to the film that Rupert Everett´s character is gay.
- Both Madonna and Rupert Everett were not happy at the studio´s promotion of the film commenting that they gave us "the same poster as Runaway Bride", a film released by the same studio the previous year.
- Promotion for the film by Buena Vista in Europe and non-North American countries was changed to a still from the movie including a close up of Madonna and Rupert Everett´s faces.
- The Next Best Thing is John Schleshinger´s final movie before his death in 2003.
[edit] External link
- The Next Best Thing at the Internet Movie Database
- Ruppert Everett's writing on Madonna says quite a bit about making of this movie.[[tr:Tatlı Sürpriz)
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