Love Untangled vs The Next Best Thing
Love Untangled has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 5.3/10 for The Next Best Thing). The Next Best Thing is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 1m. The Next Best Thing is the older of the two (2000 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Love Untangled
The Next Best Thing| Love Untangled | The Next Best Thing | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 5.3/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2000 |
| Length | 2h 1m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Namkoong Sun | John Schlesinger |
| Main cast | Shin Eun-soo, Gong Myoung, Kim Chan-hyung, Kim Ji-young, Ryu Seung-su | Neil Patrick Harris, Rupert Everett, Benjamin Bratt, Josef Sommer, Madonna |
Synopsis
Love Untangled
A lovestruck teen plans to win the school heartthrob by going from curly to straight hair — until a new transfer student changes everything.
The Next Best Thing
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.
Where to watch
Where to watch Love UntangledWhere to watch The Next Best Thing
More like Love Untangled · More like The Next Best Thing · Compare other titles