The Last Bus (2021 film)

The Last Bus
The Last Bus
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Directed by	Gillies MacKinnon
Written by	Joe Ainsworth
Starring	Phyllis Logan ; Timothy Spall ; Natalie Mitson; Ben Ewing;
Cinematography	George Geddes
Edited by	Anne Sopel
Music by	Nick Lloyd Webber
Production; companies	Hurricane Films ; Head Gear Films;
Distributed by	Parkland Entertainment
Release date	27 August 2021;
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Last updated July 28, 2025

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
Colin McCredie as Graham Ogilvy

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

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[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 26 July 2025.

[5] "The Last Bus". Metacritic . Retrieved 26 July 2025.

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