Philosophically, it doesn't succeed at any goal that deep. But because it doesn't take itself too seriously (and because the interaction between its players is charming and smart), Mumford works as an example of harmless fun for smart audiences.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 26, 2023

...an easygoing and entirely agreeable piece of work that ranks near the top of Kasdan’s solid filmography.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 12, 2023

It's the little big film in the director's (Lawrence Kasdan) filmography. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 29, 2019

A worthy concept only gets half-realized in this likable yet lackadaisical piece.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 20, 2019

Lawrence Kasdan's clever, inventive and endearing ensemble portrait unfolds as a latter-day Frank Capra fable.

| Jun 8, 2018

Great characters, but for older teens and up.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 26, 2010

"Mumford" may look okay on your television some dead afternoon, but it isn't a movie.

| Original Score: D | Aug 25, 2008

A lightweight but fun romantic comedy.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 26, 2006

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

... it ends up being little more than a mellow tour of quirky characters that are better as representatives of different personality types than actual characters we believe in.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Jan 15, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 14, 2003

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 8, 2003

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 8, 2002

Director Lawrence Kasdan's small-town fable beguiles.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 7, 2002

A film without conviction, about a town full of people with problems without depth, aided by a guru without soul.

| Original Score: D | May 8, 2002

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 22, 2002

Simple and sweet, but unforgivably trite.

| Original Score: short | Mar 7, 2002

An endearing portrait of a wounded healer who uses his own experiences of pain and compulsivness to help others.

| Mar 4, 2002

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 27, 2001

This pleasant romantic fantasy is slight enough to go straight to cable -- to network, even.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000