Mumford

Pretending to be someone else is usually a fantasy of most people; to be another person and have a completely different life at times seems like a good idea. This movie proves the old adage "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when we practice to deceive." The movie was written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan who brought us The Big Chill, one of the all time classics from the 80s, here the characters have that same down home feeling that we get from his earlier films and we're happy to watch. The story shows how even when we think that we are feeling that we are alone, there are people who are having the same troubles as we are, and help may be closer than we think.
The popular psychologist in the town of Mumford listens to all the problems and fantasies of the town folk, but when he falls in love with one of his patients he begins to wonder if he should tell them that he nothing but a fraud. The characters and town setting could be any place in the U.S., which helps the audience believe that they could run into any one of them on the street. Where this story is character driven, you are almost expecting it to get bogged down with their developments, but with the pace of the film you don't have any roadblocks to slow it down.
The storyline is pretty straightforward, there are no surprises and no plot twists to create suspense but it is an enjoyable film nonetheless. I don't remember this film lasting very long in the theater, but that's a shame because when there isn't a lot of publicity exposure people don't remember the film and it ends up on the trash heap. I'm not saying that this is one of those great-lost films but if you sit and watch it you'll see some little know actors do a superb job, and some veterans who like doing supporting roles.