The Next Best Thing vs Wonderful Nightmare
Wonderful Nightmare has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 5.3/10 for The Next Best Thing). The Next Best Thing is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 2m. The Next Best Thing is the older of the two (2000 against 2026). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Next Best Thing
Wonderful Nightmare| The Next Best Thing | Wonderful Nightmare | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.3/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 2h 2m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Philippines |
| Director | John Schlesinger | RC Delos Reyes |
| Main cast | Neil Patrick Harris, Rupert Everett, Benjamin Bratt, Josef Sommer, Madonna | Quinn Carrillo, Candy Pangilinan, TJ Valderrama, Denise Esteban, Benj Manalo |
Synopsis
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.
Wonderful Nightmare
It follows a high-flying, career-driven lawyer who dies prematurely due to a clerical error in heaven.
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