Review of Mumford

Mumford (1999)
6/10
A good, if not graphic, look at small town life
19 September 1999
I just saw the sneak preview of this movie last night and it was rather strange. If you go to this movie thinking that it will be a comedy, you will be very disappointed. The only funny parts to this movie are in the previews and/or involve Jason Lee (he is not in the movie for that long). A few complaints with this movie include the speed and the graphic nature. I was one of those people who went into this movie expecting a comedy and that was not what I got at all. There were a few parts that seemed to just be thrown in because they could include drugs and nudity in them. That really gets to me because not everyone goes to movies to watch a bunch of high men and their naked wives/girlfriends/random woman. Also, there are a few parts that seem to just drag on for hours at a time. A final problem was with all of the sub-plots involved. It was very hard to tell that the main plot of this movie revolved around Hope Davis. Overall, I am glad that I saw this movie, but I would not say that this is a must see movie like Lola Rennt (my favorite movie of this year). On a scale of one to ten, I give Mumford a 7.
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