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 Lady and the Hooligan seeks revenge with the help of his father and some of his friends. The hooligan is stabbed to death in a fight. Before dying, he asks his mother to call the schoolmistress. After the schoolmistress has kissed him on the lips, he closes his eyes and dies. On 1 May (May Day), 1919, the film was shown in mass viewings in Moscow and Leningrad. The film includes "fast-paced editing and (limited) shot-reverse-shot editing patterns." The Lady and the Hooligan The Lady and the Hooligan (original title: ) is a 1918 Russian silent film co-directed by Vladimir Mayakovsky and Yevgeni Slavinsky.