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Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: Cheerfully black-hearted and unfailingly amusing. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Those fond of films set in quaint, remote British towns (this one's named Little Wallup), or really any film in which the divine Smith purses her lips, will find much to enjoy here. Read more
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: Not even such wily scene-thieves as Smith and Atkinson can salvage much of the silliness. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: Director Niall Johnson and his co-writer, Richard Russo, have shrewd eyes for quaint British mannerisms and keen ears for the eddies of their curious speech patterns. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: It's probably one of the funniest films to come out of England in years. Read more
Nathan Rabin, AV Club: Keeping Mum has an agreeably twisted plot that's compromised throughout by leaden pacing and a fatal attack of the cutes. Read more
Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic: A dark comedy that isn't dark or particularly funny, Keeping Mum ends up being an exercise in heavy-handed whimsy. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: The screenplay by the novelist Richard Russo and Niall Johnson, who directed, is half hearted and too casual to be rousing. You're desperate for a surprise. Read more
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: Where Ealing comedies used to have full command of irony, Keeping Mum is weirdly clueless. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: Bracket out the ethical concerns of making merry as the body count mysteriously rises and Keeping Mum is an endearing hoot. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Dame Maggie is waggish as a mad housekeeper who finds final solutions to one family's domestic problems, and it's fun to watch swanlike Kristin Scott Thomas pretend to be a frumpy vicar's wife. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: Johnson isn't striving for a masterpiece, just something clever, unpredictable and human. Fun, too. And he succeeds. Read more
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger: While the comedy is corny and the storytelling inconsistent, the cast makes it a keeper. Read more
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: Frothy, good-hearted fun that reminds you of the kind of movies we're always complaining they don't make anymore. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: A meek little diversion, nothing more. Read more
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: It's always a treat to watch Maggie Smith up to her old scene-stealing tricks. Read more
Teresa Budasi, Chicago Sun-Times: Smith, along with the rest of the cast, rises above and turns the thinly scripted dark comedy into an amusing and enjoyable British romp. Read more
Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail: As we wait in anticipation and wait, and wait, what initially appears as subtle humour gradually emerges as very little humour at all. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: The few smiles the picture generates are overcome by the revulsion of some truly disgusting deeds. Read more
Anna Smith, Time Out: ...There's no artful black comedy here, just an uncomfortable clash between broad provincial humour and a murder plotline. Read more
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: Obvious, simplistic, and never funny, Niall Johnson's movie may be useful only as real estate porn -- Cornwall and the Isle of Man never looked so super cute. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: 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 more