Next Stop Wonderland (1998)

104 min · Dark Comedy, Romance Film, Romantic Comedy, comedy drama, romantic comedy

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Directors

Brad Anderson

Cast

Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Callie Thorne, Ken Cheeseman, Diane Beckett, Alan Gelfant, Luz Alexandra Ramos, Emma Shaw, Kemp Harris, Holland Taylor, Jason Lewis, Jack Sweeney

The story

Two people live unlucky in love in Boston: Erin, whose activist boyfriend Sean has just walked out on their relationship to help a Native American tribe fight off a land development deal, and Alan, a plumber struggling to pay off family obligations while pursuing a career as a marine biologist. Both deal with personal and professional problems and stumble through relationships, continually crossing one another's paths without ever truly meeting and realizing how perfect they are for one another. Time and time again one almost catches the other's eye, but circumstances intervene.

Catalogue themes and tags

Admirer, Answering Machine, Aquarium, Beach, Bed, Bet, Blind Date, Boston, Brazilian, Camcorder, Cat, Cigar, Cigarette, Confession of Love, Dog race, Eifersuchtsdrama, Environmental Activist, Ex-Lover, Flight, Freundin, Friendship, Friendship on the Line, Gambling Debts, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Hospital, Hotel Bar, Infidelity, Kiss, Liebeschaos, Liebesgeschichte, Liquor, Loss of Father, Love Letter, Lovestory, Machismo, Matchmaking, Meeresbiologe, Metro, Mother, Motherly Love, Music, Musician, Mutter-Tochter-Beziehung, Pfleger, Piranhas, Plumber, Pranks, Rejection, Saloon, Schicksal, Security Guard, Singles, Smoking, Stroke of Fate, Sängerin, Tatoos, Telephone Joke, Therapist, Video, bester Freund, gebrochenes Herz, halloween, romanze, verlieben, Romantic comedy, Indie, Comedy-drama, Drama, Comedy, Romantic drama, Romance Film

Genres

Dark Comedy, Romance Film, Romantic Comedy, comedy drama, romantic comedy

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