It's a cozy film with fun characters, fine dialogue and an inspiringly warm and fuzzy theme.
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01/01/00
Mumford (1999)
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Reviews Counted:76
Fresh:42
Rotten:34
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: Memorable moments are few and far between.
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Mumford (Dean) relocates to a small town named, ironically enough, Mumford. He sets up shop as a psychologist and begins meeting the various lonely, troubled souls in the community. Pretty soon... [More]
Starring: Loren Dean, Hope Davis, Jason Lee, Alfre Woodard
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Reviews for Mumford
It simply lacks the kind of audacity, confidence and substance that was the hallmark of Kasdan's best work in the '80s.
01/01/00
This film is smart, but also entertaining -- made to go with popcorn, a cola and, well, Prozac.
01/01/00
The Mumford character requires an actor who doesn't try too hard, and Loren Dean doesn't.
01/01/00
An endearing portrait of a wounded healer who uses his own experiences of pain and compulsivness to help others.
03/04/02
The performances are disarming and Mumford is the kind of comedy that grows on you if you give it a chance.
01/01/00
Simply a nice film. But that's not as much of a compliment as it sounds.
01/01/00
It's hard to tell what drew Kasdan to imagine Mumford - the town and the man - since the flimsily whimsical, rambling result never declares its intentions.
01/01/00
Mumford is so carefully visualized in Lawrence Kasdan's new film that you'd sort of like to live there.
01/01/00
Top CriticHope Davis deserves much of credit for making Mumford work.
01/01/00
It turns the tricks of psychology into duplicitous high play.
01/01/00
Mumford may look okay on your television some dead afternoon, but it isn't a movie.
08/25/08
An excellent ensemble effort.
01/01/00
A film without conviction, about a town full of people with problems without depth, aided by a guru without soul.
05/08/02
A frustrating, mundane piece of filmmaking that only serves to emphasize the spottiness of Kasdan's post-Body Heat output.
01/01/00
After so many gross offenses committed in the name of comedy lately, here's a film whose humor rests on the audacious assumption that you, the moviegoer, have a brain.
01/01/00
A likable semi-screwball comedy.
01/01/00
Top CriticA satisfying feel-good experience that challenges, the film affords us the opportunities to self-examine and laugh openly, and often simultaneously.
01/01/00
After watching Mumford, I not only felt a little better, I was downright happy.
01/01/00
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