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 Outlaw as one of the finest yet shown in Hobart, and the novelty of the subject should bo the means of drawing large houses." The Lady Outlaw The Lady Outlaw is a 1911 Australian silent film set in Van Diemen's Land during convict days. It was also known as "By His Excellency's Command" or "By His Excellency's Command, a Tale of a Lady Outlaw. It is considered a lost film. In the 1860s, Dorothy's lover is transported to Hobart for committing a crime. She follows him there only to discover he has been assigned as a servant to a villainous land