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.
9 June 1947, Hungary
19 July 1970, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
31 October 1970, Rochford, Essex, England, UK
31 July 1974, London, England, UK
27 May 1963, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
21 March 1936, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
18 August 1952, Houston, Texas, USA
11 December 1921, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
26 November 1988, Hampshire, England, UK
24 May 1960, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
1974, Epsom, Surrey, England, UK
4 May 1966, Honiton, Devon, England, UK
19 December 1927, Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
19 July 1955, London, England, UK
28 December 1934, Ilford, Essex, England, UK
6 January 1955, Consett, County Durham, England, UK
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.
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.
January 19, 2007
It has all the edge, darkness and wit one expects from the storied genre of British dark comedy.
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.
October 13, 2006
Bracket out the ethical concerns of making merry as the body count mysteriously rises and Keeping Mum is an endearing hoot.
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 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.
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.
October 05, 2006
Cheerfully black-hearted and unfailingly amusing.
October 26, 2006
A dark comedy that isn't dark or particularly funny, Keeping Mum ends up being an exercise in heavy-handed whimsy.
