The Lady in the Van on 132 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The site's consensus states, "Led by a marvelous performance from Maggie Smith, "Lady in the Van" wrings poignant, often hilarious insight from its fact-based source material." On Metacritic the film holds a score of 70 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating "generally favourable reviews". Guy Lodge, of "Variety" magazine, attended the worldwide premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. After the screening, he described Smith's portrayal of Mary Shepherd as "one of the most tailor-made leading roles of her late career". Even though, he says, the film is "low
Lady in the Water another 62.1% to $2.7 million. As of 2011, its total was $42.285 million. In addition, the film made only $30.5 million in the foreign box office, pulling its tally to approximately $72.785 million internationally. "Lady in the Water" received negative reviews around the time of its release. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film received an approval rating of 25% based on 213 reviews, with an average rating of 4.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A far-fetched story with little suspense and unconvincing scenarios, "Lady In The Water" feels contrived, pretentious, and rather silly." On Metacritic, the film has