Keeping Mum...

Everett 2022-01-10 08:01:25

As the title, the name of a movie, Chinese people translate it vulgarly as doudou hit the female killer. He took a long sigh. Because of this name, I turned a blind eye to it for a long time, thinking that it was another boring, mentally handicapped comedy...Of course, it is not vulgar, but a very typical British black humor. Others say it is a somewhat inexplicable horror movie. But anyway, this kind of warm and weird film with a fast and slow tempo fits my appetite very well. The characters in the British films I have watched speak purely jumping British English, but no matter how serious the lines are, they will make me laugh coldly, absolutely cold jokes. I remember someone with the same shoes once said that his middle school English teacher spoke a standard London accent. That was quite proud. I don’t know how "laughing" it would be if I went to his class.
The film begins with a family in a small town. The four members of this family have different ideologies. Although they have their own distress, they seem to get along well and orderly in chaos, but suddenly appeared. A mysterious housekeeper, weird things have been happening since then... Mr. Bean played a benevolent but dull priest in the film. He still has a dull expression. He cares about all the big and small things in the community. But always ignore the family around him. The priest’s wife is a typical middle-aged housewife. She has strong sexual desires, but she cannot get satisfaction from her husband who is devoted to God. So an American stallion golf coach lover appears. The funny thing is that it’s not difficult to see the pure British counterparts. The little contempt of hybrid America, (By the way, this American stallion actor with a wrinkled face and tattooed briefs is exactly the handsome guy who played in "Human and Ghosts". , Unbelievable...). The priest's eldest daughter is a very young sexy girl with crazy sexual desires. She changes her boyfriend as often as she changes clothes, and she has a rather peculiar taste. The youngest son is a timid student who lives in fear of being bullied by his classmates every day. In the end, the savior appeared, that is, the mysterious housekeeper. She came to the family with a mysterious wooden box that was said to have filled her life, and used her unique bloody way to help the family finally find their belongings. The happiness of...Of course, the process is somewhat realistic and cruel, but the ending is unexpectedly perfect.

I have to say that this is actually a serious comedy, which makes people laugh, but it always feels bitter. The perfection in front of the person can never equal the ugliness in the back. When everyone in the film is struggling or indifferent or eager to escape in a boring and feeble life, the mysterious housekeeper always solves it simply, directly and coldly. All questions-one size fits all. Killing animals and killing people is nothing but hands and feet. It seems that these things have no survival value in her eyes. In fact, these tragic roles arranged by the director really have no value. Of course, if you don’t use a kind of forgiveness and morality. If you watch this film with your heart, you will feel that these people are pitiful, but they should be dead. Indeed, does it make sense for a stallion to seduce a middle-aged woman while coveting the other's daughter at the same time? Shouldn't a stupid dog that can only bark day and night and interfere with others' sleep, shouldn't it disappear? And a dog owner who has ears that don’t work well is a bit too selfish and ethical, right? The old lady who was frightened at last had a heart attack, alas, it's time to die. In addition, it should be something to do between husband and wife, but the priest needs someone to remind him that after reading the sexual revelation in the Bible, he finally burst out the original crazy sexual desire of men. The ruthless female assassin will also panic and mess around, because all the cruel things she does are just to protect her daughter she hasn't seen for a long time, and all she can do is to give her daughter a happy life. "Its not a big deal, calm down, calm down" Okay, just like that, another trouble is solved, and a happy life is back.
At the end, I admit that the director made a warm ethical family movie from such an extreme angle, and it was a bit too far. However, it would be extremely reasonable to look at the crazy world from the perspective of a lunatic. So I'm still curious, who made the two of these two? shh...keeping mum, keep silent.

The end.


PS I just heard from my dear that the translation of this topic should be translated by Hong Kong people, no wonder... I changed it and changed it again, and the phone is hard to use. hehe. Finish.

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Keeping Mum quotes

  • Grace Hawkins: This is Grace speaking. Would you like to come out from under the bed?

    Gloria Goodfellow: Um... Coming.

  • Gloria Goodfellow: It's just not fair. Other daughters get to plan weddings, bake cakes, go shopping with their mothers. What do I do? Dispose of dead bodies.