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Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Kristen Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Patrick Swayze
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Keeping Mum |
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Walter Goodfellow (Rowan Atkinson) is the well meaning vicar of a small town parish. He is so obsessed with writing the perfect sermon that he is completely clueless to his wife's affair with her golf instructor.
He also doesn't pay any attention to his daughter, who has a different boyfriend every week. He is also oblivious to the fact that his young son is getting bullied at school.
His wife, Gloria feels unloved and neglected, not to mention sexually frustrated. She prays every night for salvation. Then, one day her prayers are answered in the form of Grace, a seemingly sweet old lady, who is hired as the housekeeper. Except, there's one problem...she is a stark raving mad psychopathic killer.
--Stephanie Elden, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Keeping Mum |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Kind of comedy
- married couple fighting
How much humor v. drama
- Somewhat more humor than serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- religious figure
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- homemaker
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- frustrated
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- seeing nude male butt
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Subtitles?
- No
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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