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2006
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Positive Reviews
25
Negative reviews
21
Average Rating
2.7
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3.0
Keeping Mum has an agreeably twisted plot thats compromised throughout by leaden pacing and a fatal attack of the cutes.
Av Club
1.5
Advertisement Keeping Mum has an agreeably twisted plot thats compromised throughout by leaden pacing and a fatal attack of the cutes.
Av Club
2.0
Dame Maggie is waggish as a mad housekeeper who finds final solutions to one familys domestic problems, and its fun to watch swanlike Kristin Scott Th ..
EW
1.5
But despite its genial characters, Keeping Mum is an undisciplined, ultimately unsuccessful experiment in British black comedy.
Time Out
1.3
In the competition for cinemas worst genre, the Quirky British Comedy About Eccentric Countryfolk Learning Valuable Lessons In Outrageous Circumstance ..
1.0
Keeping Mum, a British black comedy, saves its best for last and God bless Maggie Smith for, well, being Maggie Smith but that requires sitting throug ..
2.0
But storytelling isfrequently undermined by tin eared dialogue, non sequiturs and a strangecombination of sadism and sentimentality.
Screen Daily
2.0
The grimly comic output of Englands legendary Ealing Studios is revived, barely, in this homage to such funereal outings as The Lavender Hill Mob and ..
2.0
It is just a little too flimsy and insubstantial for its own good.
E Film Critic
2.5
The Dame is a champion lip purser; only Helen Mirren even comes close.
San Francisco Chronicle
2.0
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.
2.5
As we wait in anticipation and wait, and wait, what initially appears as subtle humour gradually emerges as very little humour at all.
The Globe And Mail
3.0
This English black comedy is mildly humorous and is carried nicely by a fine cast of actors and actresses.
Spirituality And Practice
2.0
There are enjoyable nuggets throughout Mum, but theyre sporadic, and in the end the movie is no keeper.
One Guys Opinion
2.0
The film remains lame brained in its simplicity and never provides the laughs it should, and only brings in some light because of the scenic views of ..
Sover
3.8
In this genteel black comedy, a small town vicars unhappy family finds an unlikely fairy godmother in their new housekeeper, who just happens to be a ..
Tv Guide
3.0
It has all the edge, darkness and wit one expects from this storied genre.
Lariat
3.0
We know more than the Goodfellows do, being privy to some of Graces secret deeds, and there is a certain charm in a movie being so unabashedly dark wi ..
Eric Ds Nider
2.5
Basically, its impossible to have a heartwarming story with gruesome serial killing at the centre of it.
Shadows On The Wall
3.0
The Conclusion To sum up, Keeping Mum doesnt quite succeed as either comedy or feelgood drama but the performances are excellent and there are a few g ..
View London
1.5
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.
Film Journal International ..
3.1
This dark comedy does provide a breath of fresh air in contrast to all the stale and cloyingly cutesy comedies Hollywood produces.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.1
The movie is another of those harmless and politely made dark comedies that the English seem incapable of doing without.
Boston
2.5
It turned out to be a complete bust..Torontos pre megacity mayors on the last time Queens Park messed with city politics With the city on the brink of ..
Toronto Star
4.0
Keeping Mum might have been an absolutely delight, but director Niall Johnson, who also co wrote the script, fails to inject the energy it needs (and ..
4.0
Apart from the witty script, the secret to its success lies in its offbeat casting.
Bbc
2.0
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Las Vegas Weekly
1.0
Where Ealing comedies used to have full command of irony, Keeping Mum is weirdly clueless.
Calendar Live
3.1
The latest in a long line of quirky little English village comedies is charming enough, but Keeping Mum doesnt break any new ground.
Hollywood
2.0
As directed by Niall Johnson, the elements dont quite come together with the kind of sparkle that would make it truly special, but the script (by Rich ..
Seattle Pi
3.0
Grace is the reverends genteel serial killer housekeeper in this delicious British black comedy.
Coles Mithey
2.0
The British countryside provides a pretty framework, unfortunately the picture inside doesnt fit the bill.
Boxoffice Magazine
4.4
Its a small story filled with slightly eccentric characters, plenty of British style humor and much of it revolves around self effacing British polite ..
Three Movie Buffs
2.5
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Kansas City
3.1
One of those frothy films photographed in the quaint English countryside that yearns to be a word of mouth hit, but is too thin and predictable when i ..
Js Online
1.0
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Straight
2.0
Some comedies are black; this ones sort of dark grey, like a comfy jumper from M&S. Its a bit of amiable fun, and theres a first rate cast who give ga ..
Film Guardian
2.0
Keeping Mum cant decide if its a black comedy or a touching emotional journey; trying to be both at once just doesnt work.
Jam! Movies
3.0
A charmer with a surprisingly effective performancefrom Rowan Atkinson.
Compuserve
3.8
Keeping Mum works more as an acting demonstration than a well crafted movie; director Niall Johnson gives it an uneven pace, and the screenplay (by Jo ..
Seattle Times
3.0
Rather than flesh it out, the filmmakers put familiar glad rags on the skull and bones.Even the casting is too on the nose.
Articles Baltimore Sun
2.0
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Cine Rina
3.8
Mary Poppins commits murder most foul in this slight but worthwhile comedy that proudly displays its droll British humor at every turn.
4.5
Keeping Mum isnt a great film, but its a right pleasant one, sometimes downright funny.
San Diego Metropolitan
3.8
Ill match Graces way with a meat cleaver and a shovel against Marys spoonful of sugar every time.
Madison
3.8
Smith, along with the rest of the cast, rises above and turns the thinly scripted dark comedy into an amusing and enjoyable British romp.
Sun Times
1.5
Niall Johnsons Keeping Mum is one of those rare pleasures that were churned out by the country regularly a decade or so ago, only to stop suddenly.
3.5
The warped fun is enhanced by two performances one that is expected and one thats a delightful surprise.
Democratand Chronicle
3.5
Dont expect Rowan Atkinson in full Bean or Blackadder flight: this is much more delicate Country Life comeuppance at the hands of a deliciously dark f ..
Screen Wize
3.0
Director Niall Johnson, who collaborated on the script withRichard Russo deserves kudos for maintaining the tenor and tone of the film. A black comedy ..
Murphys Movie Reviews
4.5
Exactly what one would expect from a dark British comedy; nothing new here but certainly enjoyable.
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