Movie
Next Stop Wonderland
Overview
Dumped by her loser boyfriend, Erin's love life hits rock bottom when her overbearing mother places an embarrassing ad in the "personals" section of a local newspaper on her behalf. Erin's disgust turns to curiosity as she searches for the right guy in a hilarious series of disastrous dates. Meanwhile, a lonely ex-plumber named Alan clumsily searches for his dream job while narrowly missing one chance meeting with Erin after another.
Details
- Release date
- 1998-08-21
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Miramax
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Hope Davis as Erin Castleton
- Alan Gelfant as Alan Monteiro
- Victor Argo as Frank
- H. Jon Benjamin as Eric
- Cara Buono as Julie
- Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Brett
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Sean
- Jason Lewis as Rory
- Roger Rees as Ray Thornback
- Sam Seder as Kevin Monteiro
- Robert Stanton as Robert
- Holland Taylor as Piper Castleton
Crew
- Brad Anderson - Director
- Brad Anderson - Writer
- Lyn Vaus - Writer
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