The Next Best Thing
User Score
6.0 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 4 out of 8

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  1. Patkica
    Jul 17, 2003
    10
    I think this movie is great.
  2. GerlindeV.
    Aug 10, 2003
    10
    Unlike the critics say this is a very good movie.I enjoyed it very much and it's one of my favorite movies of all time!

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
25 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 31 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 31
  3. Negative: 21 out of 31
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    25
    A garage sale of gay issues, harnessed to a plot as exhausted as a junkman's horse.
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  2. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    25
    The movie has a well-meaning message about love and loyalty being the bedrock of real family values, but its good intentions sag as the story trades its air of mischievous comedy for trite sentimentality, arbitrary plot twists, and enough maudlin melodramatics to sustain a tabloid TV series.
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  3. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    50
    Essentially an old-fashioned weepie gussied up for Y2K.
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