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05/12/07
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Keeping Mum (2006)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:15
Rotten:9
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
Top CriticA dark comedy that isn't dark or particularly funny, Keeping Mum ends up being an exercise in heavy-handed whimsy.
10/26/06
Top CriticA modest comedy that wants to be both dark and reassuring at the same time.
10/13/06
Top CriticBracket out the ethical concerns of making merry as the body count mysteriously rises and Keeping Mum is an endearing hoot.
10/13/06
Top CriticIt’s probably one of the funniest films to come out of England in years.
10/09/06
Top CriticSmith is an absolute delight, exuding grandmotherly warmth even as she's picking her next target.
10/05/06
Top CriticThe few smiles the picture generates are overcome by the revulsion of some truly disgusting deeds.
09/29/06
Top CriticIt's always a treat to watch Maggie Smith up to her old scene-stealing tricks.
09/29/06
Top CriticAs we wait in anticipation and wait, and wait, what initially appears as subtle humour gradually emerges as very little humour at all.
09/29/06
Top CriticSmith, along with the rest of the cast, rises above and turns the thinly scripted dark comedy into an amusing and enjoyable British romp.
09/29/06
Top CriticThe screenplay by the novelist Richard Russo and Niall Johnson, who directed, is half hearted and too casual to be rousing. You're desperate for a surprise.
09/29/06
Top CriticThe actors all strike just the right tone to carry off the black comedy.
09/29/06
Top CriticWhere Ealing comedies used to have full command of irony, Keeping Mum is weirdly clueless.
09/28/06
Top CriticSaves its best for last -- and God bless Maggie Smith for, well, being Maggie Smith -- but that requires sitting through a frustrating, uneven hour of sluggish preamble.
09/28/06
Top CriticNo heavy lifting here (except for a few stiff bodies), but Keeping Mum has a macabre merriment about it.
09/28/06
Top CriticNot even such wily scene-thieves as Smith and Atkinson can salvage much of the silliness.
09/28/06
Top CriticDame Maggie is waggish as a mad housekeeper who finds final solutions to one family's domestic problems, and it's fun to watch swanlike Kristin Scott Thomas pretend to be a frumpy vicar's wife.
09/20/06
Top CriticDirector Niall Johnson and his co-writer, Richard Russo, have shrewd eyes for quaint British mannerisms and keen ears for the eddies of their curious speech patterns.
09/20/06
Top CriticWhile the comedy is corny and the storytelling inconsistent, the cast makes it a keeper.
09/15/06
Top CriticDame Maggie is simply delightful (has she ever been less than wonderful?), and she has sparkling backing by Kristin Scott Thomas as Gloria and Rowan Atkinson as the good vicar.
09/15/06
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