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Mumford

Mumford

Some towns have all the fun.

19996.51h 52m

Overview

When a would-be psychologist, curiously named Dr. Mumford, comes to the idyllic town of the same name and offers his talent for listening and a disarming frankness, the town's quirkiest citizens scramble for a seat on his couch. As he lightens hearts darkened by old secrets no one realizes he's hiding a whopper of his own, or that he's fallen head over heels for one of his patients!

Directed by Lawrence Kasdan
Written by Lawrence Kasdan
Produced by Jon Hutman, Lawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun
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Top Cast

Loren Dean

Loren Dean

Mumford

Hope Davis

Hope Davis

Sofie Crisp

Jason Lee

Jason Lee

Skip Skipperton

Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard

Lily

Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel

Nessa Watkins

Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell

Althea Brockett

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Henry Follett

Martin Short

Martin Short

Lionel Dillard

David Paymer

David Paymer

Dr. Ernest Delbanco

Jane Adams

Jane Adams

Dr. Phyllis Sheeler

About Mumford

Mumford is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 1999. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan, it stars Loren Dean, Hope Davis, Jason Lee. When a would-be psychologist, curiously named Dr. Mumford, comes to the idyllic town of the same name and offers his talent for listening and a disarming frankness, the town's quirkiest citizens scramble for a seat on his couch. As he lightens hearts darkened by old secrets no one realizes he's hiding a whopper of his own, or that he's fallen head over heels for one of his patients!

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