Product: The Next Best Thing (2000)
Rating: 1.0
If it's not the Worst movie I've ever seen ...
... then it's cutting it REALLY close. I could go on for hours about how bad this movie is, however, due to my own lack of patience, I'll limit it to just a couple of the most irritating issues.1. Madonna is absolutely devoid of ANY acting ability whatsoever.2. The dialogue is just bone dry. Rupet Everett is a very talented actor, and you can tell that he is very clearly the ONLY member of the cast that has even just the ability to inject any life into these hollow shells of characters.3. The supporting cast was either phoning it in or has nothing to offer.4. The quasi-British accent Madonna seems to have developed was driving me nuts. YOU'RE NOT FROM LONDON!!! NOBODY'S BUYING IT!!!!!!!!!5. The movie was unforgivably long.6. The pace of the script was terrible. It was almost as if the director had actually lost track of time, realized the movie was running long, tried to wrap everything up too quick. The problem with that was the plot of the movie was in such a state of total disarray at that point in the film it was impossible to end comfortably. If he tried to flesh it out, it would have been a three hour film.This whole mess is something I expect to see my wife watching on `Lifetime,' and if it were in that role they may have been able to turn it into a mini-series and freed their hands a bit with their run time. In that role, it may have been a modest success. That said though, I certainly do not expect this level of dreck coming from a major motion-picture studio. Heed my warning and STAY AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!