DVD | Keeping Mum

Rating: M – Contains Violence, Sexual References & Offensive Language.
Duration: 99 mins.
Genre : Comedy.
Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Patrick Swayze, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emilia Fox, Tamsin Egerton, Liz Month.
Release Date: Available now.

Rowan Atkinson is perfectly cast in the role of a small village vicar who is so straight laced that he doesn’t notice the world going on by.

But this is no ordinary Mr Bean comedy – Keeping Mum has a much darker comedic edge, and is all the better for it. Even with the inclusion of Patrick Swayze, the movie tends to keep to the British mode of humour, and retains much subtlety, rather than the garish in-you-face comedy that Americans are famous for.

It’s a bit of a cross between Mr Bean and a Murder Mystery, and this has the effect of keeping you slightly on edge, and laughing out loud at the stupidity of it all.

The entire cast is perfect, and play their parts wonderfully – even Swayze seems comfortable with poking fun at himself, which is good, because he’s easy to laugh at.

Of course, plot wholes big enough to drive a truck through abound, but that’s on par for a movie of this type.

Food for thought
How often do we get so focused on what we’re doing that we don’t notice the world going on by without us?