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Next Stop Wonderland (1998) Rank 3 Reviews
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San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
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produce original romantic comedies. Straying only a little bit fromthe formula is enough for even the most predictable romanticcomedies to look refreshing. Good example could be found in NEXTSTOP WONDERLAND, 1997 film directed by Brad Anderson.The plot ...read the complete Next Stop Wonderland movie review at IMDB.com
Joe Barlow
In another part of town, an aspiring marinebiologist named Alan Monteiro (Alan Gelfant) is also unlucky in love. He's the proverbial "nice guy," eschewing the sexual advances of his friend Julie (Caro Buono) because he'd rather wait for true romance. ...read the complete Next Stop Wonderland movie review at Joe Barlow
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Most romances start about the time the central characters meet. Sparks fly, and we see how they fan the flames.But sparks aren't struck until the final frame of theNext Stop Wonderland. Instead, Brad Anderson's amusing tale focuses on ...read the complete Next Stop Wonderland movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Susan Granger
Independent filmmaker Brad Anderson's whimsical, lowbudget romance was a big hit at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. Hope Davis is a 30ish Boston nurse who has just been dumped by her political activist boyfriend, a Marxist, who, heartlessly, took the ...read the complete Next Stop Wonderland movie review at Susan Granger
Scott Renshaw
The reason NEXT STOP WONDERLAND never feels exactly like a fated romance is that it feels so grounded in the simple reality of its protagonist. Hope Davis is an irresistable presence as Erin, a wannabe cynic whose romanticism bursts through in her love ...read the complete Next Stop Wonderland movie review at Scott Renshaw
eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)
While I wouldn't say it revolutionizes the chick flick, it's certainly more clever and endurable than most of them. ...read the complete Next Stop Wonderland movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)
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David Sunga
The lady is a nurse named Erin (Hope Davis) whose activist boyfriend has just left her. The man is a nice guy named Alan (Alan Gelfant) who is burning the midnight oil studying to be a marine biologist, but comes from a family business of plumbing. Both ...read the complete Next Stop Wonderland movie review at David Sunga
Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
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Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
A small, independent romantic comedy done well, Next Stop Wonderland makes up for its inherent predictability by being insightful, witty, and refreshing. In this film, as with a similarly premised Sleepless in Seattle, we fully expect that the two protago ...read the complete Next Stop Wonderland movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
eye WEEKLY (James Cowan)
filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
Next Stop Wonderland is set in Boston, which is culturally very distant from Brazil. Yet the film has a bossa nova soundtrack, which while aesthetically pleasing, does not have a connection until a stereotypical Brazilian 'Latin Lover' character shows up ...read the complete Next Stop Wonderland movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
AboutFilm.com (Carlo Cavagna)
As long as Hope Davis is on the screen, Next Stop, Wonderland is funny and entertaining, but due to the structure of the narrative, she's only on the screen a little more than half the time. This means that only a little more than half of Next Stop, ...read the complete Next Stop Wonderland movie review at AboutFilm.com (Carlo Cavagna)
Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Philadelphia City Paper (Cindy Fuchs)
MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
The Boston Phoenix
Michael Dequina
That something missing is not the main character, Erin Castleton, played with a nice balance of edge and sensitivity by Hope Davis. Erin, a registered nurse in Boston, is soured on love after her political activist boyfriend (Philip Seymour Hoffman) ...read the complete Next Stop Wonderland movie review at Michael Dequina
Steve Rhodes
Erin is a blonde with pasty white skin and dark red makeup, played by Hope Davis from THE DAYTRIPPERS. Davis gives such a reserved performance that the audience doesn't know much more about Erin when the story ends than when it began. Erin's most ...read the complete Next Stop Wonderland movie review at Steve Rhodes
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Brad Anderson (whose debut feature, The Darien Gap, opened eyes on the indie circuit) is
clearly a keen observer of details, and, although the overall story loses its way, he always gets the
little things right. When Erin is on a ...read the complete Next Stop Wonderland movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Nick Amado
The film bounces back and forth between two characters who never meet. Alan, a plumber who is working his way through school to become a marine biologist, is also not burning up the dating scene. The film is utterly predictable. We know all along that ...read the complete Next Stop Wonderland movie review at Nick Amado
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
When I first saw Next Stop, Wonderland at a packed screening in the Egyptian Theater during this year's Sundance Film Festival, I was not impressed, and couldn't understand why Miramax Films would ante up $6 million for what is fundamentally a re-tread of ...read the complete Next Stop Wonderland movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
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