Keeping Up with the Steins Critic Reviews

Metascore®:

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Based upon 9 Critic Reviews
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Variety | Derek ElleyAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk HoneycuttAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Nathan RabinAdd Critic to Favorites

Keeping Mum never really gets going, and it inches to the finish line like a narcoleptic turtle.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Robert AbeleAdd Critic to Favorites

Weirdly clueless.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe SteinAdd Critic to Favorites

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

The New York Times | Stephen HoldenAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

Boston Globe | Wesley MorrisAdd Critic to Favorites

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

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