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Mumford

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Mumford reviews
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9.0 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 33 critic reviews
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Based on 5 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: Lawrence Kasden

Directed by: Lawrence Kasden

Release Date:
Theatrical: September 24, 1999
DVD: April 18, 2000

Running Time: 118 minutes, Color / BW

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for sex-related images, language and drug content

Starring Loren Dean, Hope Davis, Jason Lee, Alfre Woodard, and Mary McDonnel

Dr. Mumford (Dean) has a talent for listening. He's only been in town four months, but he's already the most popular psychologist around. He listens to his clients' problems, gets involved in their lives -- and helps them in unexpected ways. But the man who hears the secrets has the biggest secret of all. (Touchstone Pictures)

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack

So wonderfully odd, even spiritual, that audiences won't be able to do anything but smile.

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100

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

Among the funniest and most satisfying films I've seen in years.

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91

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

Turns the tricks of psychology into duplicitous high play.

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88

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

A feeling movie, a mood movie, an evocation of the kind of interaction we sometimes hunger for.

88

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

A crowd-pleasing ensemble piece, whose story goes exactly where you want it to.

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80

Film.com Peter Brunette

It's witty, entertaining, often funny as hell and even, at times, surprisingly wise about the human condition.

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80

LA Weekly Chuck Wilson

How refreshing it is to see a studio picture where plot development is revealed not so much by grandiose action as by the small, interior shifts that are witnessed through a character's eyes.

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75

San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris

A flyweight, humongously entertaining ensemble number.

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75

Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

On a direct line with the whimsical small-town comedies of the '40s and '50s.

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75

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

Kasdan ends up with an intellectually dishonest movie about intellectual dishonesty.

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75

Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy

Agreeably entertaining, peppered with rich laughs and very nice actorly touches.

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75

Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey

This eccentric fairy tale with the feel of "Our Town" has a number of remarkable performances.

75

Boston Globe Jay Carr

The performances are disarming and Mumford is the kind of comedy that grows on you if you give it a chance.

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75

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

This good-natured comedy serves up plenty of laughs while suggesting that the best experts in human psychology are plain old humans.

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70

Washington Post Desson Thomson

A sort of thinking-person's cornball movie.

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70

The New York Times Stephen Holden

At heart a Frank Capra-style social fable for the '90s.

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67

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

Low-voltage and forgettable.

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64

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

Despite impeccable performances, this is bloodless, ho-hum stuff.

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63

Baltimore Sun Ann Hornaday

Kasdan has assembled a stellar cast of supporting players to lend this low-key tale some interest.

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63

USA Today Susan Wloszczyna

Kasdan hasn't lost his touch at gathering terrific ensemble casts, although the performances are uneven.

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60

Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

Those who enjoy the old-fashioned Hollywood pleasure of seeing divergent threads neatly pulled together will be more than satisfied.

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60

Salon.com Laura Miller

Features one of the rare complex portraits of a therapist.

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60

Film.com John Hartl

Goes out of its way to suppress most natural dramatic conflict, so it's left to the actors to carry the day.

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60

Film.com Tom Keogh

All fleeting charm where it could have been one of the most memorable films of the decade.

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50

Village Voice J. Hoberman

Mumford is good for a few chuckles and not nearly as egregious or cloying as it might have been.

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50

Miami Herald Sara Wildberger

A little like a secular, more sophisticated "Touched by an Angel" episode.

50

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

I enjoyed this while it lasted, especially for the cast.

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40

Dallas Observer Bill Gallo

Comes straight out of the Forrest Gump School of Interpersonal Magic, and that's not necessarily a good thing.

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40

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Watching this string of sketches about small town wackos is like channel surfing a heavy sitcom zone.

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40

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

Seems as though its reach is always exceeding its grasp...partly because Kasdan spreads himself a bit thin amongst the nine major characters he's working with.

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40

Variety Todd McCarthy

Kasdan's direction here is even less energized than his writing.

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30

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

A fine case ... but none weighty enough to keep this fluff from evaporating as you watch it.

25

TNT RoughCut Tom Cappello

If a good laugh is needed on the next trip to the theater, please avoid this quack.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Thomas S. gave it a 9:
Very clever and entertaining. Some of the therapy material is intelligent. Hope Davis is wonderful.

Marc D. gave it a 7:
A light, feel-good movie. Jason Lee is great in it, and Hope Davis does a fine job as well. Go NetFlix on it.

Ryan M. gave it a 9:
A warm, witty and fascinating film!

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