The read
A Balasaur Score of 37 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 4.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 19%, Metacritic 25/100. Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb4.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes19%
Metacritic25/100
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
206 audience votes
Key crew
- John SchlesingerDirector
- Tom RopelewskiScreenplay
- Gabriel YaredOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- MadonnaAbbie Reynolds
- Rupert EverettRobert Whittaker
- Benjamin BrattBen Cooper
- Malcolm StumpfSam
- Josef SommerRichard Whittaker
- Suzanne KrullAnnabel
- Linda LarkinKelly
- Illeana DouglasElizabeth Ryder
- Michael VartanKevin Lasater
- Lynn RedgraveHelen Whittaker
- Neil Patrick HarrisDavid
- Mark ValleyCardiologist
Stills
Themes
parent child relationshipcustody battleflushyogasinglebest friendlos angeles, californiasingle fatherco-parenting