
Erin is a nurse and her longtime boyfriend has dumped her. Her mother Piper places a personal ad for her. Meanwhile the film follows the life of Alan, a volunteer at a local aquarium who dreams of becoming a marine biologist. Will their paths cross?... (Full plot summary below)
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Erin is a nurse and her longtime boyfriend has dumped her. Her mother Piper places a personal ad for her. Meanwhile the film follows the life of Alan, a volunteer at a local aquarium who dreams of becoming a marine biologist. Will their paths cross?
Leave your thoughts about Next Stop Wonderland.
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranSmart and beguiling, it manages the impressive feat of believing wholeheartedly in the power of love without checking its mind at the door. |
| The New YorkerKen MarksUnlike the heavy-handed "Good Will Hunting," this gifted-Boston-misfit romance floats, adroitly mixing thoughtfulness, farce, and surprise. |
| eFilmCritic.comBrian MckayWhile I wouldn't say it revolutionizes the chick flick, it's certainly more clever and endurable than most of them. |
| Film Comment MagazineGavin SmithA beguilingly honest look at romantic longing. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumAnderson brings compassion to his amused sense of yuppie tragicomedy, as he does to his nuanced understanding of Boston, the setting of this appealing fairy tale. |
| Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorThis low-key romantic comedy proves that destiny-powered love stories can be formulaic without being predictable. |
| L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorAnderson and co-writer Lyn Vaus have a wonderfully light touch with dialogue both comic and sad, and Davis is the perfect mirror for the movie's gracefully shifting moods, and its soulful bossa nova score. |
| VarietyTodd McCarthyLow on plot but high on charm and personality, Next Stop Wonderland is a sly, hand-crafted indie that is very alive and attentive to its characters' feelings and foibles. |
| Washington PostMichael O'SullivanShot with a shaky hand-held camera, Wonderland is a sentimental fairy tale with a gritty documentary feel. |
| San Francisco ChronicleRuthe SteinBoth actors are so appealing, you root for the inevitable meeting to happen somewhere in the vicinity of Wonderland. |