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Film Review: Lady is Weird and Surprisingly Wonderful in all the Best Ways
Co-writer/Director Samuel Abrams was inspired to write Lady after seeing a “delusional influencer’s first post”. The sad desperation sparked his imagination, and the surreal world of Lady Isabella (Sian Clifford, Fleabag) came to life. The film is a surreal comedy that takes the audience on an unexpected journey of discovery that actually warms the heart. Lady Isabella entices Sam (Laurie Kynaston, The Sandman), a young up-and-coming director with a small film crew, to Ravenhyde Hall, her sprawling Country Estate, asking him to direct and film a documentary about her. She says she’s got an offer from Netflix, but Sam quickly learns it’s a lie. This takes Lady Isabella, Sam, and the film crew on this wacky weekend that makes Sam reckon with his vision as an artist and forces Lady Isabella to take stock of her life as a shut-in. This film takes an avant-garde approach, with some broad British humor at the beginning that makes you think, what the f*ck is going on here? But it also captures the funky vibe of British aristocracy. Ravenhyde Hall is humongous out in the middle of nowhere with rolling hills as far as the eye can see. The house has several rooms filled with nonsensical stuff, and Lady Isabella lives there alone. Her only companions are her housekeeper, Becky (Juliet Cowan, The Power), and her PR rep (Olisa Odele, Chewing Gum), whom we…
