The Next Best Thing

2000 · 108 MIN · IMDB 4.7 · 11,898 VOTES · DIR. John Schlesinger

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Overview

A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a straight man and wants to move away with her and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,611 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:14 To the left.
00:06:58 Oh, good. Robert's arrived. Now we can settle this Annie Get Your Gun controversy once and for all.
00:10:31 - Abbie put you up to this, didn't she? - Oh, A-Abbie... Abbie.
00:13:55 - Them good ol'boys were drinkin' - Goodbye, Joe.
00:18:07 They seem so easygoing.
00:23:18 has been vandalized by their gardener and his plotting, nymphomaniacal best friend!
00:27:23 - How late are you? - Third weekend in June.
00:31:41 Actually, it's, uh, me.
00:35:11 - Good to have you here, David. - Make yourself at home.
00:38:54 Hands above your head.
00:42:50 - Don't you love her? - Of course I love her.
00:47:44 - Kyle told it to me. - Did Kyle tell you what it means?
00:51:37 Right hand grabs the right big toe.
00:55:11 I've always been longing to do that. Come in. Robert.
00:58:42 - And you. - Would you follow me?
01:03:13 - I did not. - Wait a second. You did slam the door in his face.
01:07:28 What, are you nuts? Come here. Listen. Listen to me.
01:11:48 Moving to New York is not an option. What am I gonna do? Sell pretzels from a pushcart?
01:16:04 Yeah? What were you thinkin'?
01:20:05 A photograph to put on my refrigerator door?
01:24:29 Is this the same Eric Walker that's now serving a five-year prison sentence for drug possession?
01:28:26 - Wow! - Okay, let's go.
01:32:38 In light of this recent development...
01:39:57 You both kicked off your shoes

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,611
Dialogue density14.9 lines / min
First line00:01:14
Final line01:39:57

Production Record

DirectorJohn Schlesinger
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25,000,000
Revenue$24,362,772
IMDb votes11,898