By the time Dame Maggie arrives, all she can do is clean up the mess and salvage what humor is left.
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10/28/06
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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
This dark comedy does provide a breath of fresh air in contrast to all the stale and cloyingly cutesy comedies Hollywood produces.
10/27/06
A dark comedy that isn't dark or particularly funny, Keeping Mum ends up being an exercise in heavy-handed whimsy.
10/26/06
Top CriticThe always fabulous Maggie Smith lends her martini-dry line readings to this fresh take on an Arsenic and Old Lace theme ...
10/26/06
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10/21/06
A meek little diversion, nothing more.
10/20/06
It might work as a parody of this genre if it weren't played just like another formulaic retread.
10/20/06
Mary Poppins commits murder most foul in this slight but worthwhile comedy that proudly displays its droll British humor at every turn.
10/18/06
There are enjoyable nuggets throughout Mum, but they're sporadic, and in the end the movie is no keeper.
10/15/06
It's nothing more than a tolerably amiable diversion.
10/13/06
There's only so much even the best actors can do with a sloppy script, and Keeping Mum can't get over its lack of focus.
10/13/06
A 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
Smith is too good for this.
10/12/06
It’s probably one of the funniest films to come out of England in years.
10/09/06
Top CriticThis would be a fun little film to watch during afternoon tea.
10/07/06
Maggie Smith is like Mary Poppins...with a meat ax. Serial Grandmom strikes again.
10/07/06
Cheerfully black-hearted and unfailingly amusing.
10/05/06
Maggie Smith can accomplish more in two seconds than most actors can in two hours.
10/05/06
Its downfall in the end is that the film offers more quirkiness than charm, but that quirkiness does have its appeal.
10/05/06
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