Synopsis
Widower Tom, on the recent passing of his wife Mary, uses his free bus pass to travel the length of Britain from John O'Groats in Caithness to Land's End in Cornwall, their shared birthplace, using only local buses. It's an incident-fuelled nostalgia trip and his encounters with local people make him a media phenomenon. Tom is totally unaware and to his surprise on arrival at Land’s End he’s greeted as a celebrity.
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Cast
- Timothy SpallTom
- Phyllis LoganMary
- Natalie MitsonYoung Mary
- Ben EwingYoung Tom
- Patricia PantherTracy
- Saskia AshdownImogen
- Colin McCredieGraham
- Marnie BaxterAlice
- Iain RobertsonAndrey
- Susanna LaineMaria
Recommendations
- 70
Film Threat
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. - 40
The Telegraph
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. - 40
The Guardian
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. - 40
The Observer (UK)
The journey is a nice excuse to paint Tom into a cheerily cosmopolitan portrait of the UK. - 40
Variety
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
