Keeping Mum

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Rowan Atkinson
Walter Goodfellow

Kristin Scott Thomas
Gloria Goodfellow

Maggie Smith
Grace Hawkins

Patrick Swayze
Lance

Tamsin Egerton
Holly Goodfellow

Toby Parkes
Petey Goodfellow

Liz Smith
Mrs. Parker

Emilia Fox
Rosie Jones

James Booth
Mr. Brown

Patrick Monckton
Bob

Niall Johnson
Director

Richard Russo
Screenwriter

Niall Johnson
Screenwriter

Julia Palau
Producer

Matthew Payne
Producer

Steve Wilkinson
Executive Producer

Anne Sheehan
Executive Producer

Steve Christian
Executive Producer

Marc Samuelson
Executive Producer

Gavin Finney
Cinematographer

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• Nov 06, 2013

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  Directors C Super Reviewer
• Sep 11, 2010

  stars Kristen Scott Thomas is the pivotal element of this dark comedy. In concert with Thomas crisis each of the other family members is having there own issues. Enter Maggie Smith is the sweet elderly Nanny, except she really Thomas’ long lost mother. Long lost because she’s spent most of her life in a mental hospital for murder. Thomas is having a midlife crisis and an affair with Patrick Swaze. Swaze is an American tennis instructor who sticks out in very British comedy. In concert with Thomas crisis the rest of the family is also in crisis. Rowan Atkins is a too soft spoken Vicker. Thomas’ daughter is a nymphomaniac and there son is a wimp troubled by bullies at school. Maggie Smith resolves the family via quiet conversations or just eliminating any threat to her newly re-found family’s happiness.
  Bill C Super Reviewer
• Jun 01, 2010

  A macabre tale of a family in trouble that gets an assist from an unlikely source: their newly hired, crazy as a loon, housekeeper, played with a devilish twinkle by the incomparable Maggie Smith. Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas. and Patrick Swayze each are perfectly cast and kept the chuckles coming. Emilia Fox was gorgeous as the good reverend's daughter. The story held few surprises and stretched the boundaries of believability, but was very entertaining in spite of that. It was just plain fun to watch the body count rise, and to wonder who would be next. Devilishly good fun!
  

  Mark A Super Reviewer
• Apr 12, 2010

  <i>Oh my. Aren't you a busy bee? </i> <br> A complete blast. It was amusing to see Professor Minerva McGonagall (or at least, the actress who plays her) as a cold-blooded killer who calmly disposes of people who hurt her and the people she loves. Gloria Goodfellow (Scott Thomas) is experiencing quite a life. Her husband, Walter (Atkinson) is the reverend in their sleepy little village, her neighbor's dog keeps giving her hell every morning with his incessant barking, her daughter Holly (Egerton) is having sex with different boys, and her sex life seems nonexistent. Furthermore, she's having an affair with her golf instructor, Lance (Swayze). Things couldn't look any bleaker - until their assigned housekeeper, Grace Hawkins (Smith) arrives and turns Gloria's life and the lives of her family members topsy turvy. Years ago, a young woman known as Rosie Jones (Fox) was arrested for killing her husband and the woman he was having an affair with. So what's the connection? Well, you'd better watch this film to find out. :p Loved the comedy and dark humour in this film. It was subtly hilarious, that you had to find the punchlines in the dialogue. Smith and Scott Thomas certainly hammed it up, and I was thrilled to see that Atkinson was still funny in his own way. Twas a nice surprise to see Swayze in the film as well, and he certainly lived up to his character. A few sex jokes knocked in, but I loved how Smith was able to rebuff some of them. Definitely a must see.
  Lindsay Elizabeth M Super Reviewer

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