Keeping Mum
An interesting story about this priest who works on writing the perfect speeches in the British village of Little Wolf. The pastor has always been very busy writing, so he has failed to recognize the secrets of his family and the behavior of his wife, who seems to be in relationship with the US golf instructor as well as his children are not fit and put his son who looks bad. All this did not care for that great pastor, but Grace Hawkins is the new housekeeper who may solve all these problems.
11 December 1921, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
1974, Epsom, Surrey, England, UK
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28 December 1934, Ilford, Essex, England, UK
19 July 1970, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
26 November 1988, Hampshire, England, UK
24 May 1960, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
4 May 1966, Honiton, Devon, England, UK
31 October 1970, Rochford, Essex, England, UK
July 30, 2009
Don't expect Rowan Atkinson in full Bean or Blackadder flight: this is much more delicate Country Life comeuppance at the hands of a deliciously dark fairy godmother.
August 07, 2007
An insufferable British dark comedy in the tradition of other happy-horseshit classics
October 13, 2006
A modest comedy that wants to be both dark and reassuring at the same time.
January 31, 2007
I would have loved for these characters to have a different plot to stretch out in. However, this story is obvious, pedestrian, warm and pleasant, but mostly a tragic waste of some tremendous resources.
October 09, 2006
It's probably one of the funniest films to come out of England in years.
October 20, 2006
A meek little diversion, nothing more.
October 05, 2006
Cheerfully black-hearted and unfailingly amusing.
October 13, 2006
Bracket out the ethical concerns of making merry as the body count mysteriously rises and Keeping Mum is an endearing hoot.
April 20, 2009
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.
January 19, 2007
It has all the edge, darkness and wit one expects from the storied genre of British dark comedy.
October 26, 2006
A dark comedy that isn't dark or particularly funny, Keeping Mum ends up being an exercise in heavy-handed whimsy.
March 01, 2007
The problem with Keeping Mum is that the slaughter is very real and, worse, the victims are often innocent or otherwise undeserving of their fate.
