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Next Stop Wonderland (1998)

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Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 43
Fresh: 32 | Rotten: 11

Endearing performances create characters you care about.

50

Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 4

Endearing performances create characters you care about.

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Average Rating: 3.5/5
User Ratings: 3,514

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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

R, 1 hr. 45 min.

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Brad Anderson, Lyn Vaus

Oct 2, 2001

Miramax Films

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All Critics (57) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (32) | Rotten (11) | DVD (5)

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.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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There's not much to stop for in Wonderland.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | Comment
Houston Chronicle
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Predictable!

January 1, 2000 Comment
Detroit Free Press
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Brad Anderson's stylish and original romantic comedy features a wonderful performance from Hope Davis.

January 13, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

While I wouldn't say it revolutionizes the chick flick, it's certainly more clever and endurable than most of them.

March 18, 2003 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

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.

September 9, 2002 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Next Stop Wonderland

Did you ever hear that old adage, "Love always finds you when you aren't looking for it" or "You can't find love...it finds you."? Here you have it. A woman is caught between her feelings of contentment with being alone and some nagging need inside her that tells her she needs love and to be loved. There is even a

July 17, 2007
Camus123

Super Reviewer

Next Stop Wonderland was a enjoyable movie to watch. The romantic aspect was the backbone of the movie.The connection worked because when you met the two future lovers, you know they were special in a way. These two characters had a special bond, even before they met. So the whole time the movie went on , you felt they

October 3, 2009
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Daisy Maduro

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