The Next Best Thing
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25 out of 100

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  • Starring: Madonna, Rupert Everett
  • Summary: A story about best friends, one a single straight woman (Madonna) the other a gay man (Everett). One night they get drunk...she gets pregnant...and the two decide to form a family despite their sexual preferences.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 31
  3. Negative: 21 out of 31
  1. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: F. X. Feeney
    69
    The two leads have a wonderful chemistry together.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    50
    Not even Rupert Everett is able to breathe life into soapy Thing.
  3. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    38
    Of Madonna's considerable talents, making the camera love her isn't one: The screen seems to go dead every time she's on it.
  4. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    38
    Never having decided whether it wants to be comedy or a sentimental hand-wringer, it tries to be both and winds up being neither.

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