Keeping Mum
A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair and his children are up to no good. Out of desperation for affection, Gloria begins to fall for the advances of Lance, an American golf pro who is giving her 'private' lessons.
19 July 1955, London, England, UK
19 December 1927, Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
24 May 1960, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
1974, Epsom, Surrey, England, UK
9 June 1947, Hungary
21 March 1936, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
11 December 1921, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
27 May 1963, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
6 January 1955, Consett, County Durham, England, UK
28 December 1934, Ilford, Essex, England, UK
31 July 1974, London, England, UK
31 October 1970, Rochford, Essex, England, UK
26 November 1988, Hampshire, England, UK
19 July 1970, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
25 January 1991, London
18 August 1952, Houston, Texas, USA
August 07, 2007
An insufferable British dark comedy in the tradition of other happy-horseshit classics
October 20, 2006
A meek little diversion, nothing more.
October 05, 2006
Cheerfully black-hearted and unfailingly amusing.
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.
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.
October 26, 2006
A dark comedy that isn't dark or particularly funny, Keeping Mum ends up being an exercise in heavy-handed whimsy.
October 13, 2006
A modest comedy that wants to be both dark and reassuring at the same time.
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 09, 2006
It's probably one of the funniest films to come out of England in years.
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 13, 2006
Bracket out the ethical concerns of making merry as the body count mysteriously rises and Keeping Mum is an endearing hoot.
