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
The Shameless Old Lady possible, and in doing so finds that she loves it. She blows her life savings, much to the disapproval of the young people around her. The Shameless Old Lady The Shameless Old Lady (Original title: La Vieille dame indigne) is a 1965 French film. Based on the short story "", written in 1939 by Bertolt Brecht, it was directed by René Allio and stars Sylvie and Victor Lanoux. Sylvie won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for this role, one of her last and her only lead. Madame Berthe, a newly widowed 70-year-old miser, has lived