Described as “wonderful” by one fan on IMDb<\/a>, the viewer added of the 2021 film: “Any movie that brings tears to my eyes is worth watching. It’s a simple and harmless film with a wonderful soul at its heart.”<\/p>\n Another called<\/a> the film a “tear jerker”, writing: “Ok, its far from realistic, but if you want realism, watch a documentary. Otherwise put your feet up with a nice glass of vino and let this movie tug at your heartstrings.”<\/p>\n Samuel Goldwyn\/Moviestore\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n Related: Best streaming services<\/a><\/p>\n “The film is really beautiful, and portrays a plethora of deep emotions effectively,” a third shared<\/a>, while a fourth said<\/a>: “This is a gem of a movie with excellent acting and very good directing. It’s heart warming and who cannot use more of that these days?”<\/p>\n However, critical reception was more divided, Common Sense Media<\/a> writing that it “is incredibly difficult not to be moved by it”, though suggested that “some of the drama feels contrived”.<\/p>\n Samuel Goldwyn\/Moviestore\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n “For a tender movie that follows an old man on a long and demanding multi-bus excursion to honor his late wife\u2019s wishes, the placid affair has curiously little emotional range, and an even narrower sense of stakes,” added Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, Film Threat<\/a> called it “a touching film that will remind all of us to embrace the ones we love as often as we can”.<\/p>\n The Last Bus is available to stream on Prime Video<\/a> and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n The new edition of Living Legends, celebrating music icon Dolly Parton, is here! Buy Dolly at 80 in newsagents or online<\/a>, priced at just \u00a38.99. Sam is a freelance reporter and sub-editor who has a particular interest in movies<\/a>, TV<\/a> and music. After completing a journalism Masters at City University, London, Sam joined Digital Spy as a reporter, and has also freelanced for publications such as NME<\/a> and Screen International<\/a>. \u00a0Sam, who also has a degree in Film, can wax lyrical about everything from Lord of the Rings<\/a> to Love Is Blind<\/a>, and is equally in his element crossing every ‘t’ and dotting every ‘i’ as a sub-editor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British drama The Last Bus starring Timothy Spall has landed a new UK streaming home. Also featuring Downton…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[379,144906,381,96,2788,1156,2839,144905,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-382424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-content-type-news","9":"tag-contentid-e86d0c50-3aae-4007-8272-3caf0543f75e","10":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-hasproduct-true","13":"tag-locale-gb","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-shorttitle-wonderful-spall-drama-gets-new-uk-streamer","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"timothy](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/timothy-spall-the-last-bus-684a8f84416f7.jpg\" "\\"Timothy")
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