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Mumford
Buena Vista Pictures
MPAA 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)
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Lawrence Kasden
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Lawrence Kasden
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: April 18, 2000
Video: April 18, 2000
Theatrical: September 24, 1999
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| RUNNING TIME: |
118 minutes, Color / BW |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
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.
100
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Among the funniest and most satisfying films I've seen in years.
91
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Turns the tricks of psychology into duplicitous high play.
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.
80
Film.com
Peter Brunette
It's witty, entertaining, often funny as hell and even, at times, surprisingly wise about the human condition.
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.
75
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
A flyweight, humongously entertaining ensemble number.
75
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
On a direct line with the whimsical small-town comedies of the '40s and '50s.
75
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Kasdan ends up with an intellectually dishonest movie about intellectual dishonesty.
75
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
Agreeably entertaining, peppered with rich laughs and very nice actorly touches.
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.
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.
70
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
A sort of thinking-person's cornball movie.
70
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
At heart a Frank Capra-style social fable for the '90s.
67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Low-voltage and forgettable.
64
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
Despite impeccable performances, this is bloodless, ho-hum stuff.
63
Baltimore Sun
Ann Hornaday
Kasdan has assembled a stellar cast of supporting players to lend this low-key tale some interest.
63
USA Today
Susan Wloszczyna
Kasdan hasn't lost his touch at gathering terrific ensemble casts, although the performances are uneven.
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.
60
Salon.com
Laura Miller
Features one of the rare complex portraits of a therapist.
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.
60
Film.com
Tom Keogh
All fleeting charm where it could have been one of the most memorable films of the decade.
50
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
Mumford is good for a few chuckles and not nearly as egregious or cloying as it might have been.
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.
40
Dallas Observer
Bill Gallo
Comes straight out of the Forrest Gump School of Interpersonal Magic, and that's not necessarily a good thing.
40
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Watching this string of sketches about small town wackos is like channel surfing a heavy sitcom zone.
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.
40
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Kasdan's direction here is even less energized than his writing.
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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