I liked this film although I'm not sure it knows what it wants to be. It's both predictable and unpredictable and more dark than it is funny. Maybe I was lead astray by the poster and the choice of actors. It was refreshing in its unpredictable moments but I felt there was very l...( read more)
Emilia Fox, Jack Ryan, James Booth
Reverend Walter Goodfellow, a bumbling town vicar, lives with his wife Gloria and his two children (Holly who has a new boyfriend every week and Petey who is the whipping boy for the school bullies) i...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 20, 2007
Stats: 1,831 reviews
Flixster Reviews (1,831)
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October 2, 2009
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June 8, 2009
British black comedy. Funny seeing Rowan Atkinson in a non-Mr. Bean character. I watched this film a second time and quite enjoyed it. I don't know if I caught the very last scene under the duck pond the first time I saw it.
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May 17, 2009
This dark humored British comedy about a murdering, kind hearted housekeeper lady lives off its really convincing cast. Especially Patrick Swayze as sleazy golf teacher proves once again that he is not taking himself too seriously. The script successfully balances between rural f...( read more)
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June 18, 2008
Broccolli . . .
Just watched this darkly clever twist on the Mary Poppins story twice, and I've plenty to say, in no particular rank order.
1. Kristin Scott-Thomas fans will not want to miss this; it's some of her best work ever.
2. I got into an extended discussion
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November 11, 2009
What a GREAT British comedy.I did NOT expect this movie to be as good as it was
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October 25, 2009
I decided to see it cause was a dark humor with ?Mr. Bean? and Kristin. In this case the British humor wasn't so funny for me.
But Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott-Thomas and Maggie Smith make you to see it till the end! -
October 14, 2009
It was good to see Maggie Smith in a movie and it was a slightly different role for Rowan Atkinson, but in the end, I didn't see anything special about this movie.
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September 20, 2009
Maggie Smith started as Peter Pan and has now ended up a delightfully evil Mary Poppins! Great cast, very funny story...twist ending. Some people just need killin'.
Critic Reviews
No heavy lifting here (except for a few stiff bodies), but Keeping Mum has a macabre merriment about it. full review
In the competition for cinema's worst genre, the Quirky British Comedy About Eccentric Countryfolk Learning Valuable Lessons In Outrageous Circumstances truly has no rival. full review
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