56 reviews
Sales Rank: 3198

Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Published)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 104
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: TF-54975
UPC: 821575549752
EAN: 0821575549752
ASIN: B000K7VHQY

Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: February 20, 2007
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What if Mary Poppins were a serial killer???........... June 2, 2008
This is the question raised by the film KEEPING MUM. Amazingly, this is a wonderful, sweet, romantic and funny film. We are treated to Rowan Atkinson in a surprising and sensitive lead performance. He is so much more than Edmund Blackadder, Inspector Raymond Fowler or Mr. Bean here. As much as we may love those other characters, his performance here can make us forget they ever existed. He plays the Reverend Walter Goodbody who is a tad on the dull, passionless side. That is until the arrival of the mysterious and charming Grace who is the families' new housekeeper. Grace hunkers down and works to repair this family who's lost it's way.

Richard Russo and Niall Johnson have crafted a completely captivating script. It's fascinating that a film with so many murders can be so gentle. Maggie Smith is a pure delight as Grace, a woman who has an interesting past, could there be a connection here?

This film is a pure delight and should be seen and talked about

2 out of 5 stars

Disappointing: A 30-minute Sit -Com Padded Out Into A Feature Film March 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

We were expecting a comedy, and kept waiting for this film to be FUNNY, but it was only barely so. It took almost the first whole hour just to set up the story's predictable comedic end, and felt like a 30-min sit-com padded out into a feature film to accommodate a big-name cast. Maybe it's too subtle for my wife and my tastes -- but we found it disappointing, not that funny, nor touching. Maybe some will find it enjoyable for its love-story theme and recognizable actors/actresses.

If you want more enjoyable comedies on similar themes (murderous elder women), try "Arsenic and Old Lace" (a classic) and John Water's "Serial Mom" (campy, over-the-top).

5 out of 5 stars

Amazing Grace March 29, 2008
11 out of 12 found this review helpful

The Goodfellow family needs more than just a housekeeper. They need a miracle.

What they got was Grace.

When Grace (Maggie Smith) arrives, she finds Gloria (Scott Thomas) somewhere between an affair and going crazy. Golf Pro Lance (Swayze) is encouraging her to swing more than a club. Clarence, the little dog next door has been yelling nonstop for days and the deaf old man who owns him, can't hear and doesn't seem to care. Walter (Atkinson) her vicar husband, has forgotten there's romance in the "Bible" and he's so lost in his tending his congregation, he's even lost his sense of humor. Teenaged Polly (Egerton) is experimenting with sex--and not for the first time. Peter (Parkes) is getting beaten up by the school bullies.

Grace quickly sets to work setting things to rights. On the surface, she's quite an endearing old lady who soothes with a cup of tea and a magic word, but her methods run far deeper than that--just don't look in the nearby pond!

If you love British comedy, particularly the darker varieties thereof, you're going to enjoy "Keeping Mum." There's more than one surprise twist. Of particular interest is a golf lesson between Lance and Gloria just filled with double entendre.

5 out of 5 stars

"Keeping Mum" February 15, 2008
My husband saw this movie on television while recovering from knee surgery. The next time it came on he told me I should watch it. I am so glad I did. One funny situation after another. The cast fit so well together. I couldn't believe Patrick Swayze was in this type of movie. He was great! We ended up buying the DVD because there are many twists and turns. We wanted to make sure we didn't miss anything. A mystery? A comedy? A love story? A perfect blend. Just like the cast.

3 out of 5 stars

A Bit Predictable, But Overall Good Movie.... January 25, 2008
I must admit with another reviewer that this movie is a cross between Mary Poppins and Arsenic & Old Lace---- though with a modern twist!!

Be prepared to laugh throughout this movie as the characters themselves are outrageous & very well acted by cast members: Patrick Swayze plays the perfect sleazy golf pro, Kristin Scott Thomas plays the perfect part as the bored housewife to a small town vicar and is not a goodie two shoes, nor is she the ideally suited wife one would expect from a vicar's wife, and of course has kids out of control!! And who can forget Maggie Sweet as the star of the show!! Sweet's character comes across as a gentle Mary Poppins type on the surface, but beware of what is just below the surface!

Funny must see movie, if you enjoy British comedy & dark humor!!