Product: The Next Best Thing (2000)
Rating: 4.0
The Next Best Thing - What do the critics know anyway?
I went to the cinema earlier today to see this film. To be honest I wasn't expecting to enjoy it after the slating that it has been given by the critics, and if it wasn't for the fact that my boyfriend is a Madonna fan then we wouldn't have bothered.HOW WRONG COULD I BE.....It was excellent, the storyline was brilliant, really felt for Rupert Everetts character. I was crying halfway through and my boyfriend believe it or not was tearful at the end. Infact he was so moved by it that he has gone tonight to watch it again and we have already ordered the DVD from AMAZON.My advice - ignore the critics, watch it for yourself and thoroughly enjoy it. We actually came up with theory that if Meg Ryan or Julia Roberts had played Madonna's part then it would have had rave reviews. Ok so Madonna may not be the best actress in the world but that aside the film was not the next best thing. It was the best thing!