Entertainment Weekly "...[Dean] keeps you in a constant state of surprise....An arresting puzzle....Delightfully played..." -- Rating: A- 10/15/1999 p.57New York Times "...It sustains a tone that is refreshingly commonsensical and irreverent..." 09/24/1999 p.E9 Box Office "...The actors in MUMFORD are exceptional, particularly Martin Short..." 11/01/1999 p.154 USA Today "...Kasdan hasn't lost his touch at gathering terrific ensemble casts....Davis is especially heartbreaking..." 09/24/1999 p.8E Los Angeles Times "...Kasdan has a nice way with his oddball crew....Those who enjoy the old-fashioned Hollywood pleasure of seeing divergent threads neatly pulled together will be more than satisfied..." 09/24/1999 p.C1 Chicago Sun-Times "...This movie sneaks up and makes you feel a little better about yourself..." 09/24/1999 p.29 San Francisco Examiner 9 of 10 ...[a] humongously entertaining ensemble number that's [Kasdan's] most confident and narratively successful film since 1992's Grand Canyon. Kasdan wrote it, and it has an in-his-own-backyard texture enhanced by occasional visual flourishes. It's graceful and engrossing in the way its characters move in and out of scenes and around the fictional small town of the title. - Wesley Morris
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