Best friends make the best mistakes
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.
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Madonna
Abbie Reynolds
Rupert Everett
Robert Whittaker
Benjamin Bratt
Ben Cooper
Malcolm Stumpf
Sam
Josef Sommer
Richard Whittaker
Suzanne Krull
Annabel
Linda Larkin
Kelly
Illeana Douglas
Elizabeth Ryder
Michael Vartan
Kevin Lasater
Lynn Redgrave
Helen Whittaker
Neil Patrick Harris
David
Mark Valley
Cardiologist
Stacy Edwards
Finn
John Carroll Lynch
Abbie's Lawyer
Fran Bennett
Judge Tracey Bennett
John Schlesinger
Director
Tom Ropelewski
Screenplay
Gary Lucchesi
Executive Producer
Ted Tannebaum
Executive Producer
Lewis Manilow
Executive Producer
Leslie Dixon
Producer
Tom Rosenberg
Producer
Linne Radmin
Producer
Elliot Davis
Director of Photography
Gabriel Yared
Original Music Composer
Peter Honess
Editor
Ruth Myers
Costume Design
Howard Cummings
Production Design
