Product: The Next Best Thing (2000)
Rating: 1.0
So bad it hurt.
This movie was so hard to watch but like a train wreck I could not turn away from it. It just kept getting worse. How did it happen. It seemed like such a great story that with the right people involved could be fun. Madonna isn't the worlds greatest actress but this wasn't high drama. I figured she could pull it of. I just wasn't convinced that she was a victim of loves tragedies. She looked so old and what was with the accent? Isn't she from Detroit? This was not the best effort by Rupert Evertt who was excellent in An Ideal Husband and My Best Friends Wedding. I belive he suffered more from the horrible writing than a lack of acting ability. Whoever wrote this must have missed a prozac pill or two because just when your used to the slowness of the story it goes to a dark depressing place. Just when the audience doesn't care what happens to either of the charectors the film takes a turn you don't expect and don't even care about anymore. I should have turned it off then but I stayed for the anti-climatic ending where nobody wins. I did not laugh once. A one star rating is way to high. Save your money