The Last Bus

Name: The Last Bus
Genre: Drama
Released: February 18, 2022
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 37
Cast: Aila Gavin, Anne Kidd, Ben Ewing, Brian Pettifer, Celyn Jones

2022

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: February 18, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Aila Gavin, Anne Kidd, Ben Ewing, Brian Pettifer, Celyn Jones, Colin McCredie, Grace Calder, Iain Robertson, Kevin Mains, Marnie Baxter, Natalie Mitson, Patricia Panther, Phyllis Logan, Saskia Ashdown, Scott Campbell, Steven Duffy, Timothy Spall

Summary: An old man crosses the country just using local buses.

Director: Gillies MacKinnon

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 86 min

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Sumner Forbes

Feb 23, 2022

Is the fare for The Last Bus worth it? Spall’s performance ensures that the answer is a resounding yes! But, there is a caveat: viewers certainly shouldn’t expect a ride filled with joy and laughter. Read full review

The Telegraph Benji Wilson

Aug 31, 2021

As beautiful as some of the landscapes are, and as brilliant as Spall is in repose, there is only so much sitting on a bus looking wistful that one actor can do. Other than Spall’s steady gaze and some mood-book photography, The Last Bus has little to recommend it. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Simran Hans

Aug 31, 2021

The journey is a nice excuse to paint Tom into a cheerily cosmopolitan portrait of the UK. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Aug 31, 2021

Try as I might, I couldn’t make friends with this weirdly unreal and sentimental Britmovie in the last-journey-with-someone’s-ashes genre. But it is certainly acted with commitment and integrity by Timothy Spall. Read full review

Tomris Laffly

Feb 23, 2022

For a tender movie that follows an old man on a long and demanding multi-bus excursion to honor his late wife’s wishes, the placid affair has curiously little emotional range, and an even narrower sense of stakes Read full review

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DawdlingPoet

Sep 14, 2022

This is a really quite British film - it's quite touching and uplifting at different times. Spall gives a great performance and its relatively thought provoking too. Its based on a true story, which I liked. I would recommend this, yes.

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