The Last Bus (2021 film)
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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 |
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
- Lauryn Ajufo as Misha
- Nathanael Saleh as Josh
- Daniel Frogson 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]
References
- ^ "The Last Bus". Parkland Entertainment. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "The Last Bus". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "The Last Bus: Timothy Spall film gives teen busker big break". BBC News. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "The Last Bus". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "The Last Bus". Metacritic. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
External links
- The Last Bus at IMDb