The Last Bus (2021 film)

The Last Bus
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Directed byGillies MacKinnon
Written byJoe Ainsworth
Starring
CinematographyGeorge Geddes
Edited byAnne Sopel
Music byNick Lloyd Webber
Production
companies
Distributed byParkland Entertainment
Release date
  • 27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Last Bus is a 2021 drama film directed by Gillies MacKinnon.[1] It stars Timothy Spall as an elderly gentleman who travels the length of the United Kingdom to scatter his late wife's ashes. It was released in the United Kingdom on 27 August 2021.

Plot

Following the death of his wife, Tom travels from John o' Groats in Scotland to Land's End in England using his free bus pass on local buses, to return to where he and his wife grew up and to scatter her ashes.[2]

Cast

  • Phyllis Logan as Mary
  • Timothy Spall as Tom
  • Natalie Mitson as Young Mary
  • Ben Ewing as Young Tom
  • Morgan Ingram as Fran
  • Celyn Jones as Doctor Martin

Music

Sixteen-year-old busker Caitlin Agnew had two of her original songs, "I Wanna" and "Don't Wanna Go Home", featured in the movie, after her father, while working on the movie set, recommended her music to the director.[3]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 50% of 28 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.6/10. The critics' consensus reads, "Not even typically brilliant work from Timothy Spall is enough to keep The Last Bus from sputtering into disappointment."[4]

References

  1. ^ "The Last Bus". Parkland Entertainment. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  2. ^ "The Last Bus". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  3. ^ "The Last Bus: Timothy Spall film gives teen busker big break". BBC News. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  4. ^ "The Last Bus". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 20 February 2023.


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