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!
Acting
Jason Lee's puppy-dog billionaire energy is criminally underrated.
Writing
Kasdan's dialogue feels improvised but every beat lands.
Production
That hyper-saturated small-town aesthetic hits peak 90s comfort.
Director
Lawrence Kasdan
Loren Dean
Mumford
Hope Davis
Sofie Crisp
Jason Lee
Skip Skipperton
Alfre Woodard
Lily
Zooey Deschanel
Nessa Watkins
Mary McDonnell
Althea Brockett
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Henry Follett
Martin Short
Lionel Dillard
David Paymer
Dr. Ernest Delbanco
Jane Adams
Dr. Phyllis Sheeler
Dana Ivey
Mrs. Crisp
Kevin Tighe
Mr. Crisp
Ted Danson
Jeremy Brockett
Elisabeth Moss
Katie Brockett
Robert Stack
Himself
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lawrence Kasdan wrote this during a career slump after Wyatt Earp bombed; it's his most personal film.
This barely made $4 million despite a stacked cast — the 90s indie boom had weird casualties, and this was one of them.
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