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Keeping Mum is filled with black comedy, the majority of it very effective thanks to a clever script and sound performances from the three lead actors.
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- Niall Johnson
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- Rowan Atkinson
Jul 4, 2023 · The audience at Entrevues Belfort crowns Keeping Mum its winner. The documentary by French director Émilie Brisavoine also wins a Special Mention from the jury in a competition dominated by The Day I Met You by Brazil’s André Novais Oliveira . 28/11/2023 | Festivals | Awards | France
Sep 15, 2006 · Keeping Mum shows Atkinson's brilliant (Yet strange) acting style that forms together with other talented actors to create an entertaining dark comedy that never strays away from the story and intertwines with the lives of everyone around.
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- Niall Johnson
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Parents need to know that Keeping Mum is a dark British comedy with frequent strong language, violence, and murder. The movie stars Maggie Smith as Grace Hawkins, an elderly housekeeper who goes to extreme lengths to make her family happy.
- Niall Johnson
- Kat Halstead
- Thinkfilm
Jul 3, 2023 · Keeping Mum. Keeping Schtum. With Proxima Competition entry Keeping Mum (2023), French filmmaker Emilie Brisavoine confronts childhood trauma head-on, attempting to the cycle with unusual honesty and a willingness to embrace the cringe.
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...
Showing 22 Critic Reviews. 80. Variety. Rather dark, decidedly English and exceedingly well played, Keeping Mum is a neatly crafted black comedy with more than a nod in tone toward the Ealing classic "The Ladykillers." Read More. By Derek Elley FULL REVIEW. 75. New York Post.
