Mumford (film)
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| Directed by | Lawrence Kasdan |
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| Produced by | Lawrence Kasdan Charles Okun |
| Written by | Lawrence Kasdan |
| Starring | Loren Dean Hope Davis Jason Lee Alfre Woodard Mary McDonnell Zooey Deschanel Martin Short Eddie McClintock |
| Music by | James Newton Howard |
| Editing by | Carol Littleton |
| Distributed by | Touchstone Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 24, 1999 |
| Running time | 112 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $28,000,000 |
Mumford is a 1999 comedic feature film written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan. It is set in a small town where a new psychologist (Loren Dean) gives offbeat advice to the neurotic residents. Both the psychologist and the town are named "Mumford," a coincidence that eventually figures in the plot.
The film co-stars Hope Davis, Jason Lee, Alfre Woodard, Mary McDonnell, Martin Short and Ted Danson and was the film debut of Zooey Deschanel. It also features future Dancing with the Stars alum and winner Kelly Monaco in a small (non-speaking) role.
[edit] Synopsis
As a relative newcomer to town, Dr. Mumford seems charming and skillful to his neighbors and patients. His unique, frank approach to psychotherapy soon attracts patients away from the two therapists (David Paymer and Jane Adams) already working in the area.
Soon he is treating a variety of conditions, ranging from one man's infatuation with sexy film-noir heroines to an unhappy woman's shopping fetish. Mumford befriends a billionaire computer mogul (Lee) and a cafe waitress (Woodard) and he attempts to play matchmaker. He also begins to fall for a patient (Davis) who suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome.
Together with attorney Lionel Dillard (Short) — a patient Mumford had rejected because of his arrogance — the two local therapists conspire to try to find skeletons in Mumford's closet, hoping to destroy his reputation and revive their own practice. And there are indeed skeletons galore, as a confidante of Mumford's soon finds out.
[edit] Reception
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Mumford was generally considered a pleasant but forgettable film. Many critics expressed a general approval of the movie but questioned the unpleasant back-story (which contrasted with the overall tone of the film).
[edit] External links
- Mumford at the Internet Movie Database
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