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Mumford: Friday, September 24, 1999

A comedy from four-time Academy Award®-nominated writer/director Lawrence Kasdan, Touchstone Pictures' Mumford tells the story of a psychologist (Loren Dean) who hangs out his shingle in a small town and begins dispensing no-nonsense advice to an array of quirky locals. His unique style of therapy has a surprising effect on the community, sparking romance in some of the most unlikely places. -- © 1999 Touchstone Pictures For more reviews click here

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66 - Worth Seeing

 

Rating System:

0 - 40 points

Not Worth Seeing

40 - 65 points 

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65- 85 points

Worth Seeing

85-100 points

Definitely worth seeing. "A must see!"

 

Director

Lawrence Kasdan

Writers

Lawrence Kasdan

Genre

Comedy

Starring:

Jane Adams as Phyllis Sheeler
Ted Dason as Jeremy Brockett
Hope Davis as Sofie Crisp    

Running Time

1 hr. 36 min

Rating

R for sexual-images and language

Distributor

Buena Vista Pictures

Trailer

Quicktime

Website

Official Site

Soundtrack

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 The People's Review of Mumford

Christopher Calder
score = 10
Mumford trivalizes chronic fatigue syndrome, a disease that often robs patients of their jobs, their families, and their lives.  Kasdan has done to CFS patients exactly what was done to people with MS, diabetes, and polio for decades before those diseases were understood.  If Hollywood directors would spend less time snorting coke and buying hookers perhaps they would have the time to educate themselves about illnesses they make fun of in an attept to gain a cheap plot device.

Trisha 
score = 100 
If you didn't like this movie, you need to get out more. There is a world among you, and in it, things happen. I was trying to decide if this movie was character or plot driven, and I have chosen the character angle.  Although the names you know have small parts, it makes the movie all that more intriguing.  The names you are not so aware of are the characters that bring you to a place of comfort.  Loren Dean is so sexy in the way that he grabs you with his casual insight, you almost want to grab HIM through the screen. His patients are real and believeable. You need only to have a few friends and acquaintances to understand that people do have these problems and fantasies and that, yes, even you can fall into the hands of a professional claiming to be a doctor. Hell, who really cares as long as you leave his/her office feeling better!  If you didn't like this movie, watch it again, but this time, open your mind along with your eyes.

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