Despite a likeable cast and bursts of wit, this fails to work its darker comic themes into its picture of flawed-but-loveable rural Britain.
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04/01/06
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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
It is just a little too flimsy and insubstantial for its own good.
02/18/06
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01/27/06
It doesn't matter that there aren't many laughs in Keeping Mum, but it does matter that we are made to expect them.
01/19/06
Apart from the witty script, the secret to its success lies in its offbeat casting.
01/07/06
Well-acted, frequently amusing comedy drama, although it suffers from a wildly uneven tone and doesn't quite succeed either as black comedy or feelgood movie.
01/07/06
It's a bit of amiable fun, and there's a first-rate cast who give game performances. However, I couldn't help feeling that the story needed a colder, sharper edge of steel and, quite simply, more gags.
01/07/06
Getting audiences to laugh at murder is tricky business, and these filmmakers aren't quite up to the challenge.
01/07/06
Exactly what one would expect from a dark British comedy; nothing new here but certainly enjoyable.
01/04/06
Rather dark, decidedly English and exceedingly well played.
01/03/06
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