

Next Stop Wonderland
1998-08-21 · 96 min · ★ 6.0
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.
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- Directors
- Brad Anderson
- Production companies
- Miramax
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 3,395,581
Top Cast
Hope DavisErin Castleton
Alan GelfantAlan Monteiro
Victor ArgoFrank
H. Jon BenjaminEric
Cara BuonoJulie
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.Brett
Philip Seymour HoffmanSean
Jason LewisRory
Roger ReesRay Thornback
Sam SederKevin Monteiro
Robert StantonRobert
Holland TaylorPiper Castleton
Callie ThorneCricket
José ZúñigaAndre de Silva
Robert KleinArty Lesser
Ken CheesemanRick
E. Katherine KerrCandice
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