Next Stop Wonderland (1998)
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74% of critics liked it
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(3,664 ratings)
An independent romantic comedy, Next Stop, Wonderland (1998) made headlines at the Sundance Film Festival when it became the object of a bidding war, ultimately won by Miramax Pictures to the tune of $6 million. Hope Davis stars as Erin Castleton, a night-shift nurse who's cruelly dumped by her… More An independent romantic comedy, Next Stop, Wonderland (1998) made headlines at the Sundance Film Festival when it became the object of a bidding war, ultimately won by Miramax Pictures to the tune of $6 million. Hope Davis stars as Erin Castleton, a night-shift nurse who's cruelly dumped by her boyfriend Sean (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a political activist. When her mother Piper (Holland Taylor) places a wildly inaccurate personals ad in the local paper, Erin is at first enraged, but then becomes curious. After she dates a variety of men who are all wrong for her, she meets Andre (Jose Zuniga), a handsome Brazilian music expert who invites her to Sao Paulo. Although Erin likes Andre, her Mr. Right is actually Alan Monteiro (Alan Gelfant), a plumber she's never met, though the two keep crossing paths. Trying to break out of his working class existence, Alan is studying marine biology but is indebted to a local mob boss, who wants him to kidnap a star blowfish from the local aquarium. Actress Taylor, the real-life aunt of co-writer, editor and director Brad Anderson, also appeared in his next film, Happy Accidents (1999). ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Brad Anderson
- Written By
- Brad Anderson, Lyn Vaus
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Aug 21, 1998 Wide
- Studio
- Miramax Films
Critic Reviews
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Stephen Holden, New York Times
Next Stop, Wonderland isn't really much more than a beautifully acted, finely edited sitcom, but it creates and sustains an intelligent, seriocomic mood better than any recent film about the urban single life.
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Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle
There's not much to stop for in Wonderland.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Brad Anderson's stylish and original romantic comedy features a wonderful performance from Hope Davis.
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Brian Mckay, eFilmCritic.com
While I wouldn't say it revolutionizes the chick flick, it's certainly more clever and endurable than most of them.
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Ethan Alter, Film Journal International
What makes the movie work is the character of Erin, easily one of the most interesting and involving creations, male or female, of the past year.
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Cast
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Hope Davis
as Erin Castleton
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Alan Gelfant
as Alan Monteiro
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Victor Argo
as Frank
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H. Jon Benjamin
as Eric
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Cara Buono
as Julie
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Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
as Brett
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Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Sean
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Jason Lewis
as Rory
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Roger Rees
as Ray Thornback
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Sam Seder
as Kevin Monteiro
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Robert Stanton
as Robert
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Holland Taylor
as Piper Castleton
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Calliope Thorne
as Cricket
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Jimmy Tingle
as Lowrey The Bartender
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Lyn Vaus
as Daryl
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Jose Zuniga
as Andre De Silva
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Robert Klein
as Arty Lesser