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		Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance Year: 2000 Actors: Madonna Madonna Abbie Reynolds Rupert Everett Robert Whittaker Benjamin Bratt Ben Cooper Illeana Douglas Elizabeth Ryder Michael Vartan Kevin Lasater Josef Sommer Richard Whittaker Malcolm Stumpf Sam Lynn Redgrave Helen Whittaker Neil Patrick Harris David Mark Valley Cardiologist Suzanne Krull Annabel Stacy Edwards Finn John Carroll Lynch Abbie's Lawyer Fran Bennett Judge Tracey Bennett Ricki Lopez Angel Directors: John Schlesinger IMDB Rating: 4.50 (4264 votes)

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Best buddies Abbie (Madonna), a heterosexual yoga instructor, and Robert (Rupert Everett), a gay landscaper, cope with failed relationships, the approach of middle age, and the AIDS-related death of a mutual friend by sticking together as a “family of choice.” Drunk one night, they have sex, and when Abbie turns up pregnant, they decide to move in together and raise the child as decidedly unconventional co-parents. Flash forward several years and Abbie begins dating Ben (Benjamin Bratt), an investment banker. The new relationship causes tension between Abbie and Robert that ultimately leads to betrayal, courtroom confrontation, and a sudden denouement. Everett, a sometime writer of trashy comic novels such as Hello Darling, Are You Working?, reportedly supplied the film’s concept and even additional dialogue, although Tom Ropelewski is the credited screenwriter. This was pop diva Madonna’s first film role since the hoopla of Evita; she supplied a highly edited hit cover of Don McLean’s “American Pie” and one other song for the soundtrack, which was released on her own Maverick imprint.

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