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IMDb rating 6.7
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Critic Susan Wloszczyna
rated 8

...for anyone who adores Smith—which is pretty much everyone these days—they will have quite a satisfying ride with this crusty grand dame behind the wheel.

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Critic Ian Nathan
rated 8

...deceptively light-hearted brew of social observation and self-examination comes to the screen as modestly as you like.

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Critic Mark Kermode
rated 8

The Lady in the Van taps into the author’s anxieties about his distant, ailing mother while still wringing uproarious laughs from her vagabond stand-in’s misbehaviour.

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Critic Lisa Brygger
rated 5

Det er det umage og komisk ufrivillige venskab mellem Bennett og Shepherd der driver historien, der er ganske usentimental.

Read full review at Cinemazone
Critic Andreas Samuelson
rated 8

Ett starkt bevis på att det ibland enbart krävs stort, mäktigt spel med bitande humor och tragisk svärta för att fånga en publik

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Critic Samina Jakobsen
rated 5

Den 81-årige Maggie Smith har fuld kontrol over hver eneste ansigtsfold, og et hævet øjenbryn fra den bestemte dame siger mere end tusind ord.

Read full review at Filmmagasinet Ekko

Cast & Crew

Nicholas Hytner
Director
Jim Broadbent
As Underwood
James Corden
As Street Trader
Maggie Smith
As Miss Shepherd
David Calder
As Mr. Fairchild
Dominic Cooper
As Theatre Actor
Alan Bennett
As Alan Bennett (2014)

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A woman "temporarily" parks her van in front of a man's driveway for 15 years. After meeting the playwright, their frosty relationship thaws. An eccentric elderly woman lives in a van. A woman lives in a van on a man's driveway for 15 years. The story depicts the unusual relationship between a homeless woman and a well-known playwright. The man offers to let her park her van in his driveway, which becomes a long-term arrangement.

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