The Last Bus (2021 film)
2021 British film by Gillies MacKinnon
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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.
- Phyllis Logan
- Timothy Spall
- Natalie Mitson
- Ben Ewing
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| Directed by | Gillies MacKinnon |
| Written by | Joe Ainsworth |
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| Cinematography | George Geddes |
| Edited by | Anne Sopel |
| Music by | Nick Lloyd Webber |
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| Distributed by | Parkland Entertainment |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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
- Lauryn Ajufo as Misha
- Nathanael Saleh as Josh
- Timothy Spall as Tom
- Moosa Mostafa as Nas
- Phoebe De Silva as Sophie
- Robert Sheehan as Dalton Monkhouse
- Tom Basden as Mr. Short
- Lara McDonnell as Lucy
- Carys John as Bethan
- Amber-Rose Perry as Borb Puppeteer
- Marlie Morrelle as Chelsea
- Curtis Kantsa as Danny
- Laura Crowhurst as Frank
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. The website's consensus reads: "Not even typically brilliant work from Timothy Spall is enough to keep The Last Bus from sputtering into disappointment."[4] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 37 out of 100, based on five critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.[5]
