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Ein Freund zum Verlieben

Originaltitel: The Next Best Thing
  • 2000
  • 12
  • 1 Std. 48 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
4,7/10
11.980
IHRE BEWERTUNG
Madonna and Rupert Everett in Ein Freund zum Verlieben (2000)
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29 Fotos
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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuAbbie, tired of failed relationships, has a one-night-stand with her gay friend; they agree to raise the resulting baby together.Abbie, tired of failed relationships, has a one-night-stand with her gay friend; they agree to raise the resulting baby together.Abbie, tired of failed relationships, has a one-night-stand with her gay friend; they agree to raise the resulting baby together.

  • Regie
    • John Schlesinger
  • Drehbuch
    • Tom Ropelewski
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Madonna
    • Rupert Everett
    • Benjamin Bratt
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    4,7/10
    11.980
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • John Schlesinger
    • Drehbuch
      • Tom Ropelewski
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Madonna
      • Rupert Everett
      • Benjamin Bratt
    • 168Benutzerrezensionen
    • 79Kritische Rezensionen
    • 25Metascore
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
    • Auszeichnungen
      • 3 Gewinne & 10 Nominierungen insgesamt

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    Madonna
    Madonna
    • Abbie Reynolds
    Rupert Everett
    Rupert Everett
    • Robert Whittaker
    Benjamin Bratt
    Benjamin Bratt
    • Ben Cooper
    Illeana Douglas
    Illeana Douglas
    • Elizabeth Ryder
    Michael Vartan
    Michael Vartan
    • Kevin Lasater
    Josef Sommer
    Josef Sommer
    • Richard Whittaker
    Malcolm Stumpf
    • Sam
    Lynn Redgrave
    Lynn Redgrave
    • Helen Whittaker
    Neil Patrick Harris
    Neil Patrick Harris
    • David
    Mark Valley
    Mark Valley
    • Cardiologist
    Suzanne Krull
    Suzanne Krull
    • Annabel
    Stacy Edwards
    Stacy Edwards
    • Finn
    John Carroll Lynch
    John Carroll Lynch
    • Abbie's Lawyer
    Fran Bennett
    Fran Bennett
    • Judge Tracey Bennett
    Ricki Lopez
    • Angel
    Ramiro Fabian
    • Flavio
    Tiffany Paulsen
    Tiffany Paulsen
    • Young Mother
    Joan Axelrod
    • Bel Air Matron
    • Regie
      • John Schlesinger
    • Drehbuch
      • Tom Ropelewski
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    ajdagreat

    one of the worst

    Seeing this movie is the next best thing to having your intestines removed with a teaspoon. I never was a big Madonna fan (Like a virgin, touched for the very first time...), but I never thought she could be THIS bad. I stopped caring about all these characters within 15 minutes into the movie, and the only people I sympathized with were myself and any other suckers who paid to see this movie. It's just plain stupid. It's not funny, it's not dramatic, it's not believable - people don't act like this! It's ludicrously bad and all copies should be BURNED.
    swedensm

    I tried, I really tried to like this movie.

    I don't get it. The movie has a fairly good plot, phenomenal actors (okay, with the exception of Madonna) and an award-winning director. So why did it come out so flat and two-dimensional? Come on now... we can't blame it all on Madonna.

    I was really looking forward to the release of this movie, but was so disappointed after viewing it. I think Madonna was great in "Body of Evidence" and "Who's That Girl?" is one of my favorite madcap comedies. But she just doesn't seem to bring any warmth to her character at all and let's face it -- her acting in this movie was about exciting as plain oatmeal. The other actors were great.

    The writing leaves a bit to be desired in more than a few places. I think they could have handled it better, made it warmer in a lot of areas. I guess that and placing Madonna as the lead character hurt what could have been a sensitive and entertaining film.
    timmyb

    Not that bad, worth seeing

    Despite Madonna's lack of screen persona for most of the movie (she does have moments where she pulls it off), the film succeeds in probing questions about unconventional relationships and how they are viewed by society and the legal system. Even though I am a Madonna fan, I was distracted by her attempts to create her practically trademark pseudo-British accent without any consistency. She employs this accent many times, on and off screen, and I for one would like to see her give it a rest. Rupert succeeds convincingly, although Hollywood's portrayal of homosexuals as Judy Garland-loving, gorgeous Adonis-like creatures with impeccable taste and sharp wit, is getting old. Even though Rupert's scene as a flamboyant queen with large glasses and beret got a few laughs -- it only fed on existing gay stereotypes and took away from the fresh story that I thought I was in for. The later courtroom scenes were a little dramatic, and it is slightly unbelievable that in the six years that Abbey and Robert spent raising the child, they didn't think ahead and address the issue of custody with some binding legal documents, both for their own sake as well as the sake of the child. It was clear that both of them didn't want to keep living the single life. Even with its problems, The Next Best Thing is a decent film worth seeing.
    5Beana-4

    Potentially interesting idea suffocated by cliche-ridden script

    Although praised for her roles in the likes of Desperately Seeking Susan and Evita, The Nest Best Thing sees Madonna returning to the form of such previous mishaps as Body of Evidence and Dick Tracey.

    The film tracks the relationship between broody yoga teacher Abbie (Madonna) and her gay best friend Robert (Rupert Everett), who end up in bed together following a rather over-zealous Fourth of July celebration. Although Robert agrees to help raise the resulting child, things become problematic when, several years on, Abbie meets and falls in love with Ben (the vastly underwritten Benjamin Bratt), who asks her to settle down with him.

    Although there is some on-screen chemistry between Madonna and Everett, the audience expects more, considering the twosome are real-life friends and basically playing themselves. Everett fares best, pulling out all the stops in a reprise of his previous gay role in 'My Best Friend's Wedding'. Madonna's performance, on the other hand, is constantly inhibited by her mega-star status. It is sadly impossible to forget that she is none other than Ms. Ciccone, meaning that her desperate-for-love character appears somewhat implausible.

    The script is a clunker, rendering the first half-hour of the movie cliche-ridden and woodenly acted, as the actors have little to work with. To be fair, it does get better as it becomes less predictable, and it is a good move by director Schlesinger to avoid playing the conventional happy ending card, instead prompting the viewer to ponder for themselves the futures of Abbie, Robert, and their son, Sam (Malcolm Stumpf). This cannot, however, excuse several fatal blunders, including the fact the Next Best Thing suffers from an identity crisis, flailing wildly every which way from forced rom-com humour to courtroom drama, not helped by Abbie's sudden and bizarre personality change mid-film. Perhaps irresponsibly, the script also allows Sam (a rather old-looking 5 year old) little emotional reaction to the troubles between his parents.

    Although watchable, with reasonable enough performances, the mediocre script fails to convince, leaving the viewer with a frustrated sense of what should have resulted from a potentially interesting Hollywood pitch.
    LittleOracle

    She still can't act

    I had high hopes for this -- really, I did. I thought it would be a sweet, charming and tugging-at-the-heartstrings comedy. But I was TOO hopeful.

    Story in one sentence: two best friends (one gay, one straight) end up in bed together, have a son, raise him together, everything hunky-dory until she wants to marry someone else and the little family gets screwed up.

    Let's talk about what's the worst: the script, hands down. Everything is so spliced in or cut out it's just terrible. The transitions are so choppy, that we barely have enough time to understand the undeveloped characters -- they're just thrown at us and next thing you know, it's years later. It's unrealistic and it's too fictional to really understand or get into. Madonna is suffering from never finding Mr. Right, Rupert is the gay buddy that "somewhat" turns into the bad guy and poor Benjamin is just caught in the middle. We don't know WHO to hate in this movie -- that's pretty much the hard part. Everyone is in the bad guy role, they just don't fit it due to the fact they all need sympathy.

    As for Madonna, yes, it's obvious she took lessons. The problem would be that she is way too conscious of the camera. Her husband commented once that she needs to let the director direct -- and I think that's a huge problem with her performance. She is just "too beautiful" in this movie. I mean, she's supposed to be sobbing her eyes out and she looks up and is all glistening and pretty. Sorry, but in order for me to believe her I want to see it on her face that she's worried -- you know, red eyes, puffy cheeks, smeared makeup -- the works. Madonna had too much creative control in this and it's obvious. Her expressions don't fit her tone of voice either; she seems to blink consciously and doesn't have much expression -- but hey, close your eyes and listen to her and you'll see that she's making progress.

    All in all, a good storyline put to a bad script and bad performances. Anyone who tells you this is a great movie is obviously a star-struck Madonna fan.

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      Rupert Everett disliked the script and originally turned the role down. Paramount wanted to hire Everett so much that they offered him a producing and writing credit and the right to pick his co-star. Everett picked his longtime friend, Madonna. During production, Everett was fired as producer and co-writer.
    • Patzer
      Near the end of the film, when Robert is talking to Ben across the street of Sam's school, Robert's head keeps changing positions between shots. In one shot he is looking toward Ben and in another shot he is looking at the school, then it goes back to the other shot when hes looking at Ben.
    • Zitate

      Ben: Are you gay, or are you just acting gay?

      Robert: Well, that depends, are you interested are are you just acting interested?

    • Verbindungen
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Drowning Mona/My Dog Skip/What Planet Are You From?/The Next Best Thing/Miss Julie (2000)
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      Written by Aida Bredou and Skully

      Performed by Métisse

      Courtesy of Wildstar Records

      By Arrangement with Telstar Special Products, Part of the Telstar Entertainment Group

      Produced by Magnus Fiennes (uncredited)

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 10. August 2000 (Deutschland)
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      • Englisch
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      • The Next Best Thing
    • Drehorte
      • Whittier, Kalifornien, USA
    • Produktionsfirmen
      • Lakeshore Entertainment
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • Budget
      • 25.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
    • Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
      • 14.990.582 $
    • Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
      • 5.870.387 $
      • 5. März 2000
    • Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
      • 24.362.772 $
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