A friend to fall in love with
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German title | A friend to fall in love with |
Original title | The next best thing |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2000 |
length | 103 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 12 |
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Director | John Schlesinger |
script | Tom Ropelewski |
production | Leslie Dixon , Linne Radmin , Tom Rosenberg |
music | Gabriel Yared |
camera | Elliot Davis |
cut | Peter Honess |
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The Next Best Thing (The Next Best Thing) is a comedy with Benjamin Bratt , Rupert Everett and Madonna from the year 2000.
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Abbie Reynolds and gay Robert Whittaker live in Los Angeles . They are friends. After consuming alcohol on a public holiday, they end up in bed together. Abbie has a son whom she and Robert raise together.
A few years later, Abbie meets financial expert Ben Cooper, who shows an interest in her. When she wants to move house with him, she and Whittaker are in court for custody of their son. It turns out that Robert isn't the biological father at all; the latter then finds the man with whom Abbie had a brief relationship before the pregnancy and presents him in court. The negotiation thus becomes a plea on the question of what makes a man the father of a child. Finally, Abbie is given sole custody, but in the final scene she lets her son talk to Robert.
Reviews
Kenneth Turan criticized the Los Angeles Times on March 3, 2000 that the film was "inauthentic". He criticized the portrayal of Madonna as well as the script.
Susan Wloszczyna scoffed in USA Today that Madonna had "borrowed" Julia Roberts ' film partner from My Best Friend's Wedding and her current partner in the film , but should have borrowed Roberts' talent.
Awards
- Malcolm Stumpf was nominated for the YoungStar Award in 2000.
- The film was nominated for the GLAAD Media Award as an outstanding film in 2001.
- Madonna received the Golden Raspberry in 2001 for worst actress
- Nomination for the Golden Raspberry:
- Worst movie
- Worst director: John Schlesinger
- Worst script: Thomas Ropelewski
- Worst film couple: Madonna and either Rupert Everett or Benjamin Bratt
Web links
- The Next Best Thing in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Next Best Thing at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The Next Best Thing at Metacritic (English)