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  • 80
    Variety | Derek Elley

    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 full review

  • 75
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea

    A whimsical tale of serial murder in the English countryside, Keeping Mum benefits immensely from the charm and pitch-perfect gravitas of Kristin Scott Thomas. Read full review

  • 75
    New York Daily News | Jack Mathews

    A giddy black comedy about a homicidal housekeeper in rural England, is a hilarious reminder of that 1944 Frank Capra classic about two old maids whose cellar is cluttered with the bodies of would-be suitors. Read full review

  • 70
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    It's refreshing to see Dame Maggie in a lighter mode than usual. The role of a genteel psychopath is a piece of lemon tea cake she consumes in one delicate bite. Read full review

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    Amusing dark English comedy produces its share of chuckles. Read full review

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    She's no Mary Poppins: Maggie Smith is more like a cheery Angel of Death in the light black comedy Keeping Mum, one of those dutifully daft British diddles (complete with Rowan Atkinson as a vicar) that, except for the blunt sex talk, might have been constructed decades ago. Read full review

  • 63
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    The movie is another of those harmless and politely made dark comedies that the English seem incapable of doing without. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe Stein

    The problem with this one may be that it just isn't British enough. Read full review

  • 50
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    A British black comedy, saves its best for last -- and God bless Maggie Smith for, well, being Maggie Smith -- but that requires sitting through a frustrating, uneven hour of sluggish preamble. Read full review

  • 40
    Los Angeles Times |

    Weirdly clueless. Read full review

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