"Keeping Mum" takes the position that a family in crisis does not need a Dr. Phil or a Dr. Ruth; it needs an ax murderer. With a strong promotional push from ThinkFilm, "Keeping Mum" should attract a fair number of over-25 admirers of English comedy to sophisticated art houses. The original screenplay was written by American novelist Richard Russo, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "Empire Falls," inspired the HBO mini-series and who penned the screenplay for Harold Ramis' "The Ice Harvest."

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