Mumford (film)

Mumford (film)
Mumford
Directed by Lawrence Kasdan
Produced by Lawrence Kasdan
Charles Okun
Written by Lawrence Kasdan
Starring Loren Dean
Hope Davis
Jason Lee
Alfre Woodard
Mary McDonnell
Music by James Newton Howard
Cinematography Ericson Core
Editing by Carol Littleton
William Steinkamp
Distributed by Touchstone Pictures
Release date(s) September 24, 1999
Running time 112 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $28,000,000[1]
Box office $4,555,459

Mumford is a 1999 American comedy-drama 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.

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Plot

As a relative newcomer to town, Dr. Mumford (Loren Dean) 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 attachment to dime-store erotic novels to an unhappy woman's compulsive shopping. Mumford befriends a billionaire computer mogul (Jason Lee) and a cafe waitress (Woodard) and he attempts to play matchmaker. He also begins to fall for a patient (Hope Davis) who suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome.

Together with an attorney (Martin Short), a patient Mumford had rejected because of his narcissism, the rival therapists conspire to find skeletons in Mumford's closet, hoping to destroy his reputation. And there are indeed skeletons galore, as a confidante of Mumford's soon finds out.

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Reception

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).

The film, based on a $28 million budget, was a commercial failure, earning only $4,555,459 in the US.[2]

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