The Next Best Thing
2000 · 108 MIN · IMDB 4.7 · 11,898 VOTES · DIR. John Schlesinger
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.
00:07:06 I'm afraid I flunked on gay history.
00:10:40 This double life is tearing my roots apart.
00:14:18 Drove my Chevy to the levee
00:18:37 I can't go wrong 'cause I'm in right
00:23:57 That "shutting down, turning off, morning after" look.
00:28:24 I have something to tell you.
00:32:22 Thank goodness you're here.
00:35:50 Actually, you know what? I'm just bored of it all.
00:40:00 the worst Nintendo player on the planet!
00:44:06 I don't want to have sex. I'm over it.
00:48:53 from her left nostril.
00:53:02 Yeah, I eat. I just haven't been dating much recently.
00:56:31 - Excuse me, but, uh, are you gay or... - Chug, chug, chug went the motor
01:00:23 but if I waited around long enough for the right man, might not have had the right child.
01:04:52 - Bye, bye, Miss American Pie - Oh, my God.
01:09:42 - "We, we, we." What's all this "we" all of a sudden? - Shh!
01:13:22 You need to talk to an attorney. Just a consultation.
01:18:24 - Robert, no. - Yes! - Robert.
01:23:14 I've gone over your preliminary statements.
01:26:30 Ms Reynolds, you will allow Mr Whittaker...
01:30:46 forever and always.
01:37:39 - Dad! - Sam!
01:43:10 We started singin'
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,611
Dialogue density14.9 lines / min
First line00:01:14
Final line01:43:10
Production Record
DirectorJohn Schlesinger
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25,000,000
Revenue$24,362,772
IMDb votes11,898