Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:
- [New – 2/25/16] | Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: A vibrant dramedy about the idiosyncratic relationship between a homeless elderly woman and a lonely playwright.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: The film is at its best when showcasing Maggie Smith, keeping her Downton dowager’s sharp tongue within a character at the opposite end of the social spectrum.
- James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
- Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: Whimsical and poignant, serving as a showcase for Maggie Smith as the filthy, self-centered vagrant to whom”feelings of gratitude, humility and forgiveness were either foreign to her nature or had become so over the years.”
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: The joy is in watching thespians Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings in one amusing tête–à–tête after another.
- Courtney Howard @ FreshFiction.tv
- Excerpt: It’s an even blander, weirder, less logical Philomena.
- Kristin Dreyer Kramer @ NightsAndWeekends.com
- Frank Ochieng @ Critical Movie Critics
- Excerpt: It is a winning third-time collaboration for Nicholas Hytner and screenwriter Alan Bennett to promote the resourceful The Lady in the Van …Overall, this warm gem is energized by the captivating Smith that instills this beleaguered Brit bag lady with indescribable exuberance.
- Frank Swietek @ One Guys Opinion
- Excerpt: Another clever construct by Alan Bennett, which gives Maggie Smith a grand opportunity to shine.
- Rob Wallis @ The Metropolist
- Excerpt: … The Lady in the Van is a chip (in the sugar) off the old Bennett block.
