Keeping Mum

20052005
RR
1h 39m

Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patrick Swayze, and Maggie Smith in Keeping Mum (2005)

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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.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.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.

Director
- Niall Johnson
Writers
- Richard Russo(screenplay)
- Niall Johnson(screenplay)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations

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Keeping Mum

Keeping Mum

Rowan Atkinson and Kristin Scott Thomas in Keeping Mum (2005)

Rowan Atkinson in Keeping Mum (2005)

Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Tamsin Egerton, and Toby Parkes in Keeping Mum (2005)

Maggie Smith in Keeping Mum (2005)

Patrick Swayze in Keeping Mum (2005)

Kristin Scott Thomas in Keeping Mum (2005)

Keeping Mum (2005)

Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patrick Swayze, and Maggie Smith in Keeping Mum (2005)

Maggie Smith in Keeping Mum (2005)

Keeping Mum (2005)

Keeping Mum (2005)

Keeping Mum (2005)

Walter Goodfellowas Walter Goodfellow

Kristin Scott Thomas

Gloria Goodfellowas Gloria Goodfellow

Grace Hawkinsas Grace Hawkins

Lanceas Lance

Holly Goodfellowas Holly Goodfellow

Petey Goodfellowas Petey Goodfellow

Mrs. Parkeras Mrs. Parker

Rosie Jonesas Rosie Jones

Mr. Brownas Mr. Brown

Patrick Monckton

Bob - Pond Workmanas Bob - Pond Workman

Ted - Pond Workmanas Ted - Pond Workman

Mrs. Martinas Mrs. Martin

Murray McArthur

Vicar's Convention Master of Ceremoniesas Vicar's Convention Master of Ceremonies

Reverend Campbellas Reverend Campbell

Rupert Simonian

Billy Martin the Bullyas Billy Martin the Bully

Train Ticket Collectoras Train Ticket Collector
(as Alex MacQueen)

Policeman on Trainas Policeman on Train

Police Interrogatoras Police Interrogator
(as Anthony Denham)

Director
- Niall Johnson
Writers
- Richard Russo(screenplay) (story)
- Niall Johnson(screenplay)
All cast & crew
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Walter Goodfellow (Rowan Atkinson), the vicar for the small English country parish of Little Wallop, has let his marriage to Gloria (Kristin Scott Thomas) go stale, and he is so detached from his family that he has not taken notice that his seventeen-year-old daughter Holly (Tamsin Egerton) is going through a succession of relationships with unsuitable boyfriends, and his son Petey (Toby Parkes) fears going to school, owing to being bullied. Out of desperation for affection, Gloria begins to fall for the advances of Lance (Patrick Swayze), an American golf pro who is giving her "private" lessons. The problems upsetting the family start to fade away after Grace Hawkins (Dame Maggie Smith), the new housekeeper, arrives and starts tending to matters as an older, and rather darkly mysterious version of Mary Poppins (1964). —Brian Greenhalgh

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Taglines
- Some family secrets are best kept...buried.
Genres
- Comedy
- Crime
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for language and some sexual content/nudity
Parents guide

Trivia
One of Patrick Swayze's final movie roles, four years prior to his death on September 14, 2009 from pancreatic cancer.

Goofs
The blue Volvo family car parked outside of school has mud on its front-right door, but one minute later it's clean.

Quotes
Gloria Goodfellow: You can't just go 'round killing people just because you don't approve of them!
Grace Hawkins: You know, that's what my doctors used to say. It was the one point we could never agree on.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: The Departed/Open Season/The Guardian/The Last King of Scotland/The Queen/School for Scoundrels/Beerleague (2006)

Soundtracks
Did You Ever Wonder Why?
(2005)
Produced and Written by Dickon Hinchliffe
Sung by Dickon Hinchliffe and Cara Dillon
Guitar: Neil Fraser
Engineered by Philip Bagenal at Eastcote Studios and Mat Bartram at Angel Studios
Mixed by Ian Caple
Published by Keeping Mum Productions Ltd

Top review

7/10

Go on, have a laugh

You could drive a horse and cart through the plot holes in this movie. It doesn't matter, just splash about in the humour. It has the predictability of a Stan and Ollie routine, Morecambe & Wise or any other such comedians who mix story telling with visual and verbal humour. Rowan Atkinson is of course the comedian cast in the straight part trying to regain a sense of humour. Maggie Smith is absolutely superb as the straight actress playing the clowning criminal. A bit of sound effect filched from Reeves and Mortimer's frying pan sketch would have heightened the humour even more. Never mind, this is harmless, charming, and engaging entertainment. Entertainment - now we don't get much of that to the pound usually.

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Budget
- $169,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $1,619,466
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $27,112
- Sep 17, 2006
Gross worldwide
- $18,586,834

See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

Runtime
1 hour 39 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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