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.
The Next Best Thing has generally received mixed reviews.
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The Next Best Thing was released in 2000 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 185 reviews, giving The Next Best Thing (2000) an average rating of 47%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 63%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 41%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Next Best Thing than critics were.
With a score of 47%, The Next Best Thing is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2000, which stands at 58%.
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