...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.

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

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.

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

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

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.