The Road to Wellville

A comedy of the heart and other organs.

5.619941h 58m

Released

Comedy

Romance

Drama

Overview

An unhappy young couple visit the infamous Kellogg spa in Battle Creek, Michigan while a young hustler tries get into the breakfast-cereal business and compete against John Kellogg's corn flakes.

StatusReleased

Release Date1994-10-28

Runtime1h 58m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Budget$25,000,000

Revenue$26,000,000

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Official UK Re-Release Trailer

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Cast & Crew

Anthony Hopkins

as Dr. John Harvey Kellogg

Bridget Fonda

as Eleanor Lightbody

Matthew Broderick

as William Lightbody

John Cusack

as Charles Ossining

Dana Carvey

as George Kellogg

Michael Lerner

as Goodloe Bender

Colm Meaney

as Dr. Lionel Badger

John Neville

as Endymion Hart-Jones

Lara Flynn Boyle

as Ida Muntz

Traci Lind

as Nurse Irene Graves

Reviews

Wuchak

Mar 19, 2026

6/10

**_Satire about the health fads of early 1900s’ America_** This is a sophisticated blend of dark humor and documented historical material covering the excessive obsession with wellness of those with the means and time to blow on it. The era involves the late Victorian Age and, specifically, clean-living advocate John Harvey Kellogg (played by An…

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