list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Keeping Mum on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Keeping_Mum/266769/default.aspx Title: Keeping Mum
Year: 2006
Director: Niall Johnson
Plot: Niall Johnson's comedy Keeping Mum concerns the family of a vicar who are beset by a variety of problems. Reverend Walter Goodfellow (Rowan Atkinson) is a well-meaning but hapless religious figure in his town. His son, Petey, is a wimp, forever terrorized at school. His daughter, Holly, enjoys the company of a variety of different boyfriends. Wife Gloria (Kristin Scott Thomas) has had enough of her husband and is considering leaving him for a golf teacher (Patrick Swayze). The family starts to come back together after hiring housekeeper Grace (Maggie Smith), a woman who knows a thing or two about keeping secrets. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
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]]>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:34:00 GMTKeeping Mum2006Niall JohnsonNiall Johnson's comedy Keeping Mum concerns the family of a vicar who are beset by a variety of problems. Reverend Walter Goodfellow (<a href="/players/P_____2727/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Rowan Atkinson</a>) is a well-meaning but hapless religious figure in his town. His son, Petey, is a wimp, forever terrorized at school. His daughter, Holly, enjoys the company of a variety of different boyfriends. Wife Gloria (<a href="/players/P____64027/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Kristin Scott Thomas</a>) has had enough of her husband and is considering leaving him for a golf teacher (<a href="/players/P___113376/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Patrick Swayze</a>). The family starts to come back together after hiring housekeeper Grace (<a href="/players/P____66495/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Maggie Smith</a>), a woman who knows a thing or two about keeping secrets. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide20Tag Target (>10)8133http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u28966g1i3s.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Keeping_Mum/266769/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/unclefestering/archive/2008/7/22/32918.aspx Post By: unclefestering
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Post Date: 7/22/2008 10:59:38 PM
Body: Keeping Mum reminded me of the great Alec Guinness/Ealing Studio comedies of the 1950s, especially The Lady Killers. They were always funny, but had a dark ironic edge around every joke. Maggie Smith lives up to that tradition as the quiet, kindly, generous housekeeper with a penchant for murder. It isn’t a rolling on the floor laugh out loud comedy. It is a quieter, more restrained kind of humor and I think it may turn off people who aren’t used to this kind of comedy. But I have to say that I really enjoyed it. Patrick Swayze is perfect as the sleazy golf pro hitting on every woman he sees. Kristin Scott Thomas plays the part of the frustrated housewife whose sensitive son is constantly beat up by the school bullies, and daughter sleeps with any boy with a pulse and a husband who shows no interest in her. The real find in this movie is Rowan Atkinson, who actually acts here. Gone is the disturbing and not funny rubber-faced Mr. Bean. He actually plays a real character and - guess what - he carries it off. I was amazed because he usually finds himself hanging on such a huge, strange, physical quirk that he thinks will make everyone laugh that it turns out not to be funny at all. When he finally tells a joke in the movie it turns out to be funny, because he just tells it well, without pratfalls and strange grimaces. But the movie revolves around Maggie Smith as the murderous version of Mary Poppins, who believes that sometimes the best way to deal with a tiresome obstacle is to remove it entirely. Sadly, the movie unravels in the final 15 minutes. It is unable to sustain the delicate chaotic balance it has held through most of the story. But it is worth seeing for everything that comes before.
]]>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:59:38 GMTunclefesteringunclefestering Blog7/22/2008 10:59:38 PM Keeping Mum reminded me of the great Alec Guinness/Ealing Studio comedies of the 1950s, especially The Lady Killers. They were always funny, but had a dark ironic edge around every joke. Maggie Smith lives up to that tradition as the quiet, kindly, generous housekeeper with a penchant for murder. It isn&rsquo;t a rolling on the floor laugh out loud comedy. It is a quieter, more restrained kind of humor and I think it may turn off people who aren&rsquo;t used to this kind of comedy. But I have to say that I really enjoyed it. Patrick Swayze is perfect as the sleazy golf pro hitting on every woman he sees. Kristin Scott Thomas plays the part of the frustrated housewife whose sensitive son is constantly beat up by the school bullies, and daughter sleeps with any boy with a pulse and a husband who shows no interest in her. The real find in this movie is Rowan Atkinson, who actually acts here. Gone is the disturbing and not funny rubber-faced Mr. Bean. He actually plays a real character and - guess what - he carries it off. I was amazed because he usually finds himself hanging on such a huge, strange, physical quirk that he thinks will make everyone laugh that it turns out not to be funny at all. When he finally tells a joke in the movie it turns out to be funny, because he just tells it well, without pratfalls and strange grimaces. But the movie revolves around Maggie Smith as the murderous version of Mary Poppins, who believes that sometimes the best way to deal with a tiresome obstacle is to remove it entirely. Sadly, the movie unravels in the final 15 minutes. It is unable to sustain the delicate chaotic balance it has held through most of the story. But it is worth seeing for everything that comes before. http://www.spout.com/groups/Serialicious/Re_Suburban_Nightmare/587/27879/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: SkyPilot
Post To: Serialicious
Post Date: 4/27/2008 1:52:44 PM
Body: I didn't see the Shia LaBeouf-in-a-suburb remake of Rear Window, it's called disturbia, but I thought that was an interesting twist. No one's going to believe a sixteen-year-old delinquent on house arrest.
]]>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:52:44 GMTSkyPilotSerialicious4/27/2008 1:52:44 PMI didn't see the Shia LaBeouf-in-a-suburb remake of Rear Window, it's called disturbia, but I thought that was an interesting twist. No one's going to believe a sixteen-year-old delinquent on house arrest. http://www.spout.com/groups/Serialicious/Suburban_Nightmare/587/27814/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: mercurial
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Post Date: 4/25/2008 2:17:30 PM
Body: Some of the scariest, and funniest, movies featuring serial killers have been those located in the "normal" surroundings of suburbia. Here's my tentative list: 1.) Scream - Butchering buxom high-schoolers for their lack of knowledge of horror movie trivia. Fun times. 2.) Serial Mom - Kathleen Turner as a June Cleaver-esque suburban housewife that just so happens to be obsessed with serial killers and begins her own fun-filled foray into the field she's so fascinated with. 3.) The 'Burbs - Suburban gossip mongers believe their new neighbors are serial killers. Cameo by Corey Feldman makes this a winner. 4.) Mr. Brooks - Respected community man moonlights as a psychopath. Yay. 5.) Freeway - Keifer Sutherland escapes the monotony of his suburban life and perfect wife (played amazingly by Brooke Shields) by crusing the freeway for nubile young girls to terrorize. Finding out what's in the man's shed is more than reason enough to watch the film. 6.) Arsenic and Old Lace - Two of the sweetest little old ladies you'll ever meet. Just don't drink the chamomile. 7.) Heathers - Classic '80's. Great cast. Infinitely quotable. 8.) Keeping Mum - Maggie Smith is the coolest Brit ever and making slightly psychotic is even better. 9.) Misery - Not really suburbia but close enough. 10.) The Last Supper - My favorite on this list. Group of over-educated graduate students stop complaining and start doing. Love it! Not a movie, but Twin Peaks definitely took the suburban nightmare to the extreme. What did I miss?
]]>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:17:30 GMTmercurialSerialicious4/25/2008 2:17:30 PMSome of the scariest, and funniest, movies featuring serial killers have been those located in the "normal" surroundings of suburbia. Here's my tentative list: 1.) Scream - Butchering buxom high-schoolers for their lack of knowledge of horror movie trivia. Fun times. 2.) Serial Mom - Kathleen Turner as a June Cleaver-esque suburban housewife that just so happens to be obsessed with serial killers and begins her own fun-filled foray into the field she's so fascinated with. 3.) The 'Burbs - Suburban gossip mongers believe their new neighbors are serial killers. Cameo by Corey Feldman makes this a winner. 4.) Mr. Brooks - Respected community man moonlights as a psychopath. Yay. 5.) Freeway - Keifer Sutherland escapes the monotony of his suburban life and perfect wife (played amazingly by Brooke Shields) by crusing the freeway for nubile young girls to terrorize. Finding out what's in the man's shed is more than reason enough to watch the film. 6.) Arsenic and Old Lace - Two of the sweetest little old ladies you'll ever meet. Just don't drink the chamomile. 7.) Heathers - Classic '80's. Great cast. Infinitely quotable. 8.) Keeping Mum - Maggie Smith is the coolest Brit ever and making slightly psychotic is even better. 9.) Misery - Not really suburbia but close enough. 10.) The Last Supper - My favorite on this list. Group of over-educated graduate students stop complaining and start doing. Love it! Not a movie, but Twin Peaks definitely took the suburban nightmare to the extreme. What did I miss? http://www.spout.com/groups/British_Invasion/Re_Favorites/188/21094/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: El_Aaron
Post To: British Invasion
Post Date: 10/23/2007 6:30:40 AM
Body: Made in Britain, starring Reservoir Dog's Tim Roth, is a real British-made classic! It follows Trevor, a young juvenile offender, who is warned by everyone around him that if he doesn't start obiding the law, he will end up in prison. There is violence, swearing, and racism in this drama set in the punk rock era.
]]>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:30:40 GMTEl_AaronBritish Invasion10/23/2007 6:30:40 AMMade in Britain, starring Reservoir Dog&#39;s Tim Roth, is a real British-made classic! It follows Trevor, a young juvenile offender, who is warned by everyone around him that if he doesn&#39;t start obiding the law, he will end up in prison. There is violence, swearing, and racism in this drama set in the punk rock era. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/family/MemberTagFilms.aspxfamily
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