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The Lady in the Van
Summary: A man forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman living in her van that's parked in his driveway.
Runtime: 1 h 44 min
MPAA: PG
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 6,000,000
Domestic: $ 10,021,175
International: $ 31,366,512
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IMDb Ratinghttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt3722070/parentalguidelast updated: 2024-10-26Update data | |
Commonsensemedia Ratinghttps://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-lady-in-the-vanlast updated: 2024-10-26Update data | |
| Message | Messages about the importance of friendship, compassion, the knowledge that everyone has an inner life (and a back story that's not always apparent to others), and the idea that some people want to help others in the abstract but just aren't up for it in the day to day. |
| Role model | Alan lets Mary park in his driveway and use his lavatory when so many others would rather she went away. The two keep an eye on each other and have an untraditional friendship. Mary clearly has a fascinating back story, but no one seems to know the "real" her. |
| Violence | Two potentially disturbing scenes: As the film opens, a bicyclist crashes into a van and falls down dead with a bloody head wound (this scene is repeated later in the film); later, a dead character is shown peacefully "asleep." |
| Sex | Alan subtly flirts with younger men, some of whom "visit" at night, but no sex or even kissing is shown. |
| Language | A couple of uses of "f--king" and a few British curses like "bloody," "bleeding," "sodding," and "sod off." |
| Consumerism | Bedford van. |
| Drugs | Adults toast at a dinner/get together. |
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