Product: The Next Best Thing (2000)
Rating: 4.0
Quite extraordinary!
This movie was actually really good, and I was kind of shocked. It was the first time I'd seen a movie where Michael Vartan's character actually made me so mad. (He did an awesome job, though.)Basically, you have Abbie (Madonna) and Robert (Everett), who would be the perfect couple except that Robert is gay, so they're just the best of friends. One Independence Day, Abbie and Robert decide to get drunk (very drunk) to kind of shed their previous relationship and life problems. While drunk, they have sex. Later, Abbie learns that she is pregnant and tells Robert (who is still upset over actually having sex with a woman) that she's pregnant with his child. Robert moves in with Abbie, and they're still living in the same house after almost six years.That's when, after Robert encourages her to date, Abbie meets and falls in love with Ben (Benjamin Bratt). This complicates everything and the satirical comedy takes a very dramatic edge, but in the end, everything will be alright.I would definitely recommend this movie. Though, it's not the 'feel good movie of the year', it will make a lot of girls long to have a gay best friend.