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Mumford
EMAILPRINTBuena Vista Pictures

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)
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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...
San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
So wonderfully odd, even spiritual, that audiences won't be able to do anything but smile.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Among the funniest and most satisfying films I've seen in years.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Turns the tricks of psychology into duplicitous high play.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
A feeling movie, a mood movie, an evocation of the kind of interaction we sometimes hunger for.
New York Post Jonathan Foreman
A crowd-pleasing ensemble piece, whose story goes exactly where you want it to.
Read Full Review >Film.com Peter Brunette
It's witty, entertaining, often funny as hell and even, at times, surprisingly wise about the human condition.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
A flyweight, humongously entertaining ensemble number.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
On a direct line with the whimsical small-town comedies of the '40s and '50s.
Read Full Review >Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
Kasdan ends up with an intellectually dishonest movie about intellectual dishonesty.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy
Agreeably entertaining, peppered with rich laughs and very nice actorly touches.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
This eccentric fairy tale with the feel of "Our Town" has a number of remarkable performances.
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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
At heart a Frank Capra-style social fable for the '90s.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
Despite impeccable performances, this is bloodless, ho-hum stuff.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Ann Hornaday
Kasdan has assembled a stellar cast of supporting players to lend this low-key tale some interest.
Read Full Review >USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
Kasdan hasn't lost his touch at gathering terrific ensemble casts, although the performances are uneven.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Laura Miller
Features one of the rare complex portraits of a therapist.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Film.com Tom Keogh
All fleeting charm where it could have been one of the most memorable films of the decade.
Read Full Review >Village Voice J. Hoberman
Mumford is good for a few chuckles and not nearly as egregious or cloying as it might have been.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Sara Wildberger
A little like a secular, more sophisticated "Touched by an Angel" episode.
Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
I enjoyed this while it lasted, especially for the cast.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Bill Gallo
Comes straight out of the Forrest Gump School of Interpersonal Magic, and that's not necessarily a good thing.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Watching this string of sketches about small town wackos is like channel surfing a heavy sitcom zone.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Variety Todd McCarthy
Kasdan's direction here is even less energized than his writing.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
A fine case ... but none weighty enough to keep this fluff from evaporating as you watch it.
TNT RoughCut Tom Cappello
If a good laugh is needed on the next trip to the theater, please avoid this quack.
Read Full Review >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!
