Apart from the witty script, the secret to its success lies in its offbeat casting.
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01/07/06
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Keeping Mum (2006)
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Reviews Counted:85
Fresh:48
Rotten:37
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: The stellar cast, including Kristin Scott Thomas and Dame Maggie Smith, is certainly an asset, but this black comedy is too uneven.
Theatrical Release:Sep 15, 2006 Limited
Box Office: $1,467,021
Synopsis: KEEPING MUM stars Atkinson as an absent-minded vicar of a rural parish who is so distracted by the pressures of his job that he fails to notice his wife's (Thomas) dalliance with her brash golf... [More]
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Patrick Swayze
Director: Niall Johnson
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Reviews for Keeping Mum
...goes down easily enough, though it draws chuckles more than laughs.
09/29/06
Niall Johnson's "Keeping Mum" is one of those rare pleasures that were churned out by the country regularly a decade or so ago, only to stop suddenly.
09/28/06
The latest in a long line of 'quirky little English village' comedies is charming enough, but Keeping Mum doesn't break any new ground.
09/29/06
Exactly what one would expect from a dark British comedy; nothing new here but certainly enjoyable.
01/04/06
Just when I thought I'd bore myself to death, having to tell yet another inquirer that the only must-see comedy of the moment was "Little Miss Sunshine," an almost equally fine option has arisen.
08/10/06
This would be a fun little film to watch during afternoon tea.
10/07/06
Maggie Smith can accomplish more in two seconds than most actors can in two hours.
10/05/06
Rowan Atkinson ("Mr. Bean") plays straight-man Reverend Walter Goodfellow to Grace Hawkins (acted with keen wit by Maggie Smith) his genteel serial-killer housekeeper in this delicious British black comedy.
04/20/09
Cheerfully black-hearted and unfailingly amusing.
10/05/06
A charm parade of serial death in the old, cherishable line of The Ladykillers and Kind Hearts and Coronets, though more cozily pastoral, the film rouses chuckles.
09/29/06
Rather dark, decidedly English and exceedingly well played.
01/03/06
Neighbors like these are deliciously fun to watch in a movie as long as you don't have to live near them in real life.
09/19/06
Smith and Thomas can do just about anything and this proves it.
09/15/06
An English black comedy about a housekeeper who turns out be quite a miracle-worker in a dysfunctional preacher's family.
09/15/06
A charmer with a surprisingly effective performancefrom Rowan Atkinson.
09/22/06
The warped fun is enhanced by two performances — one that is expected and one that's a delightful surprise.
11/17/06
Frothy, good-hearted fun that reminds you of the kind of movies we're always complaining they don't make anymore.
09/15/06
Top CriticThis slight British comedy stars Rowan Atkinson of Mr Bean fame in a rather large role, instead of the cameos he usually gets to play in big screen movies . . .
04/17/06
Keeping Mum isn't a great film, but it's a right pleasant one, sometimes downright funny.
09/30/06
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