 [Larger view] | Next Stop Wonderland
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| I have watched this movie so many times!! | |
| This movie is watched more than any in my collection. Funny thing is, I don't even know why. I read some of the other user comments, and it seems as if this film has cast the same spell on some of them as well. I think it was mostly a combination of everything! First of all, Hope Davis is great, in anything. She is this beautiful woman and great actress who is so real and not sugar sweet. I loved the soundtrack that goes with this movie... the bossa nova south american music was really original and added to it. I also enjoyed all of the personal ad dating scenes. Even though some of the men were a little bit stereotypical, maybe some of them are really like that... Im sure there are a lot of creepy men out there that put in personal ads, especially the ones who put "walking on the beach" as a favorite thing to do.. I think i remember this from another movie, but some character said, "if everyone likes to walk on the beach, how come you never see any of them out there?" basically, people can be so fake and pretend they are someone else, so this movie captures that whole feeling. The main character, Erin was my favorite because she was very independent and didn't feel that she was only complete if she had a man. I don't find a lot of women that are like that in real life, so I really admired that her character for that. It's a cool movie, with such a funny cameo by Philip Seymour Hoffman in the beginning (also a great actor---watch everything he has done, especially happiness!) I totally recommend this movie to anyone who is a bit jaded by love and the idea of soulmates, but who is also dangerously romantic---bad combo!!> | |
| Hope Davis: Queen of Wonderland | |
| Do we really need another soppy romantic comedy about thirtysomethings in the big city? Watching NEXT STOP WONDERLAND, the answer is "Yes." As I prepared to be depressed beyond reason by two wonderful people ending up alone (and pleasantly disappointed), I ended up laughing unexpectedly at the humor cropping up in odd places. Alan Gelfant is charming and sympathetic in his hilarious aquarium-heist subplot. Philip Seymour Hoffman (as in every movie he's done) takes a character that could have been a bland stereotype and puts his own indelible stamp on it. H. Jon Benjamin (the slacker, layabout son Ben from the "Dr. Katz" show) is hilarious as one of Erin's loutish blind dates. Holland Taylor brings the frigid high-class sexiness of Judge Roberta Kittleson from "The Practice" and "Ally McBeal" to her role as Erin's mother. Roger Rees is hilarious and sleazy as the biology teacher. It's also refreshing that the movie takes place in Boston and not in New York (memories of YOU'VE GOT MAIL). The main attraction, of course, is Davis, who incarnates Erin better than most actresses could have dreamed of doing. Even though it's not in theatres anymore, this is an outstanding date movie (practically as good as FLIRTING). | |
| Smart, funny, poignant romance | |
| Hope Davis is a terrific actress, and here she plays with depth of soul a delightfully and intelligently melancholy young nurse in Boston. What I love about this movie: Ms. Davis' obvious intelligence (intellectual and emotional); the local Boston accents; and the utterly fun bossa nova soundtrack. The end of this movie is so satisfying and memorable that, when a year ago I spend a week or so in Boston, I insisted that my wife ride with me on the train system up to the Wonderland exit, that we deboard, walk up to the shoreline and basically relive the closing moments. This is not the sort of thing I generally do, but it just seemed right. For a quiet evening at home with the one you love, you can't go wrong with "Next Stop Wonderland." |
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